#A5AE2C#A5AE2C

#A5AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.147 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE2C
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -19.02, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 63.99, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0586 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.147 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1087, 38.4539, 8.1660)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE2C #352CAE

analogous

#AE762C #A5AE2C #64AE2C

triadic

#A5AE2C #2CA5AE #AE2CA5

tetradic

#A5AE2C #2CAE76 #352CAE #AE2C64

square

#A5AE2C #2CAE76 #352CAE #AE2C64

split-complementary

#A5AE2C #2C64AE #762CAE

monochromatic

#484C13 #777D20 #A5AE2C #C7D047 #D6DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE2C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE2C	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)

#BBA50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.147 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66f',
    500: '#a5ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae2c;
$custom-light: #c3c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE2C

secondary

#7771C5

accent

#45E350

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE2C

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

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