#A5AE35#A5AE35

#A5AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE35
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -18.56, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 60.81, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0565 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.141 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2966, 38.5291, 9.1557)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE35 #3E35AE

analogous

#AE7B35 #A5AE35 #69AE35

triadic

#A5AE35 #35A5AE #AE35A5

tetradic

#A5AE35 #35AE7B #3E35AE #AE3569

square

#A5AE35 #35AE7B #3E35AE #AE3569

split-complementary

#A5AE35 #3569AE #7B35AE

monochromatic

#4C5018 #797F27 #A5AE35 #C2CB55 #D3DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A5AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE35

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE35	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c674',
    500: '#a5ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae35;
$custom-light: #c3c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE35

secondary

#817CC3

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE35

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

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