#A5AE23#A5AE23

#A5AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.151 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE23
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -19.39, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 66.73, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0604 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.151 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9575, 38.3935, 7.3697)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE23 #2C23AE

analogous

#AE7123 #A5AE23 #5FAE23

triadic

#A5AE23 #23A5AE #AE23A5

tetradic

#A5AE23 #23AE71 #2C23AE #AE235F

square

#A5AE23 #23AE71 #2C23AE #AE235F

split-complementary

#A5AE23 #235FAE #7123AE

monochromatic

#44480F #757B19 #A5AE23 #CDD737 #D9E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A5AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE23

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE23	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.151 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66b',
    500: '#a5ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae23;
$custom-light: #c3c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE23

secondary

#6C66C7

accent

#3EE949

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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