#A5AE2E#A5AE2E

#A5AE2E 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	#A5AE2E
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -18.92, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 63.32, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0582 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1472, 38.4693, 8.3688)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE2E #372EAE

analogous

#AE772E #A5AE2E #65AE2E

triadic

#A5AE2E #2EA5AE #AE2EA5

tetradic

#A5AE2E #2EAE77 #372EAE #AE2E65

square

#A5AE2E #2EAE77 #372EAE #AE2E65

split-complementary

#A5AE2E #2E65AE #772EAE

monochromatic

#494D14 #777E21 #A5AE2E #C6CF4A #D5DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE2E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE2E	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)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c670',
    500: '#a5ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae2e;
$custom-light: #c3c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE2E

secondary

#7974C4

accent

#46E151

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE2E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →