#A5AE36#A5AE36

#A5AE36 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	#A5AE36
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -18.51, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 60.44, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0562 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.141 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3198, 38.5384, 9.2781)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE36 #3F36AE

analogous

#AE7B36 #A5AE36 #69AE36

triadic

#A5AE36 #36A5AE #AE36A5

tetradic

#A5AE36 #36AE7B #3F36AE #AE3669

square

#A5AE36 #36AE7B #3F36AE #AE3669

split-complementary

#A5AE36 #3669AE #7B36AE

monochromatic

#4C5119 #797F28 #A5AE36 #C2CB56 #D3D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A5AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE36

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c674',
    500: '#a5ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae36;
$custom-light: #c3c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE36

secondary

#827DC3

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE36

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

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