#A5AE31#A5AE31

#A5AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE31
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -18.78, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 62.27, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0575 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.144 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2084, 38.4938, 8.6912)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE31 #3A31AE

analogous

#AE7831 #A5AE31 #66AE31

triadic

#A5AE31 #31A5AE #AE31A5

tetradic

#A5AE31 #31AE78 #3A31AE #AE3166

square

#A5AE31 #31AE78 #3A31AE #AE3166

split-complementary

#A5AE31 #3166AE #7831AE

monochromatic

#4A4E16 #787E24 #A5AE31 #C4CD4F #D4DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A5AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE31

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE31	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c672',
    500: '#a5ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae31;
$custom-light: #c3c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE31

secondary

#7D77C4

accent

#48DF53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE31

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

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