#A5AE29#A5AE29
#A5AE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.148 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A5AE29 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 174, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 62%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 76%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.34, -19.15, 62.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.34, 64.95, 107.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.05% -0.0592 0.1361) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.05% 0.148 113.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.0543, 38.4322, 7.8797) |
| Luminance | 0.3843 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.69
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.88
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.28
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.53
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.61
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A5AE29 #3229AE
analogous
#AE7429 #A5AE29 #63AE29
triadic
#A5AE29 #29A5AE #AE29A5
tetradic
#A5AE29 #29AE74 #3229AE #AE2963
square
#A5AE29 #29AE74 #3229AE #AE2963
split-complementary
#A5AE29 #2963AE #7429AE
monochromatic
#474B12 #767C1D #A5AE29 #C9D242 #D7DE73
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.42
#A5AE29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.69
#A5AE29 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A5AE29
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A5AE29 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A5AE29 | 1.00 | 2.42 | 8.69 | 8.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA505
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA835
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0A395
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a5ae29; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3c66e',
500: '#a5ae29',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a5ae29; $custom-light: #c3c66e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a5ae29",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 174,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.06,
"s": 61.86,
"l": 42.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72049,
"c": 0.14839,
"h": 113.5
},
"luminance": 0.38432
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A5AE29
secondary
#736DC5
accent
#43E54E
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B