#A5AE27#A5AE27

#A5AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.149 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE27
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -19.23, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 65.57, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0596 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.149 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0203, 38.4186, 7.7005)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE27 #3027AE

analogous

#AE7427 #A5AE27 #62AE27

triadic

#A5AE27 #27A5AE #AE27A5

tetradic

#A5AE27 #27AE74 #3027AE #AE2762

square

#A5AE27 #27AE74 #3027AE #AE2762

split-complementary

#A5AE27 #2762AE #7427AE

monochromatic

#464A11 #767C1C #A5AE27 #CAD43E #D8DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A5AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE27

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE27	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)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.149 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66d',
    500: '#a5ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae27;
$custom-light: #c3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72038,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE27

secondary

#716BC6

accent

#41E64C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE27

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

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