#A5AE37#A5AE37

#A5AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.140 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE37
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -18.45, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 60.06, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.056 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.14 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3436, 38.5479, 9.4031)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE37 #4037AE

analogous

#AE7C37 #A5AE37 #69AE37

triadic

#A5AE37 #37A5AE #AE37A5

tetradic

#A5AE37 #37AE7C #4037AE #AE3769

square

#A5AE37 #37AE7C #4037AE #AE3769

split-complementary

#A5AE37 #3769AE #7C37AE

monochromatic

#4D511A #797F28 #A5AE37 #C2CA58 #D3D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A5AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE37

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.140 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c675',
    500: '#a5ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae37;
$custom-light: #c3c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72144,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE37

secondary

#837EC3

accent

#4CDB57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE37

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

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