#A5AE33#A5AE33

#A5AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.143 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE33
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -18.67, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 61.55, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.057 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.143 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2515, 38.5111, 8.9184)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE33 #3C33AE

analogous

#AE7A33 #A5AE33 #68AE33

triadic

#A5AE33 #33A5AE #AE33A5

tetradic

#A5AE33 #33AE7A #3C33AE #AE3368

square

#A5AE33 #33AE7A #3C33AE #AE3368

split-complementary

#A5AE33 #3368AE #7A33AE

monochromatic

#4B4F17 #787F25 #A5AE33 #C3CC52 #D4DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A5AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE33

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.143 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c673',
    500: '#a5ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae33;
$custom-light: #c3c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72114,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE33

secondary

#7F79C3

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE33

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

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