#A5AE2A#A5AE2A

#A5AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.148 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE2A
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -19.11, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 64.64, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.059 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.148 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0720, 38.4393, 7.9727)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE2A #332AAE

analogous

#AE752A #A5AE2A #63AE2A

triadic

#A5AE2A #2AA5AE #AE2AA5

tetradic

#A5AE2A #2AAE75 #332AAE #AE2A63

square

#A5AE2A #2AAE75 #332AAE #AE2A63

split-complementary

#A5AE2A #2A63AE #752AAE

monochromatic

#484B12 #767D1E #A5AE2A #C8D243 #D6DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE2A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE2A	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)

#BBA508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.148 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66e',
    500: '#a5ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae2a;
$custom-light: #c3c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE2A

secondary

#756FC5

accent

#44E44F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE2A

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

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