#A5AE2D#A5AE2D

#A5AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE2D
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -18.97, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 63.65, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0584 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1277, 38.4616, 8.2662)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE2D #362DAE

analogous

#AE762D #A5AE2D #64AE2D

triadic

#A5AE2D #2DA5AE #AE2DA5

tetradic

#A5AE2D #2DAE76 #362DAE #AE2D64

square

#A5AE2D #2DAE76 #362DAE #AE2D64

split-complementary

#A5AE2D #2D64AE #762DAE

monochromatic

#494D14 #777D20 #A5AE2D #C6D048 #D5DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE2D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE2D	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)

#BBA511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c670',
    500: '#a5ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae2d;
$custom-light: #c3c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE2D

secondary

#7872C4

accent

#46E251

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE2D

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

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