#A5AE2F#A5AE2F

#A5AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE2F
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -18.88, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 62.97, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0579 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.145 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1671, 38.4773, 8.4738)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE2F #382FAE

analogous

#AE772F #A5AE2F #65AE2F

triadic

#A5AE2F #2FA5AE #AE2FA5

tetradic

#A5AE2F #2FAE77 #382FAE #AE2F65

square

#A5AE2F #2FAE77 #382FAE #AE2F65

split-complementary

#A5AE2F #2F65AE #772FAE

monochromatic

#4A4E15 #777E22 #A5AE2F #C5CF4C #D5DC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A5AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE2F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE2F	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c671',
    500: '#a5ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae2f;
$custom-light: #c3c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72086,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE2F

secondary

#7A75C4

accent

#47E152

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE2F

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

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