#A5AE3B#A5AE3B

#A5AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE3B
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -18.21, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 58.49, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0549 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.137 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4434, 38.5878, 9.9286)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE3B #443BAE

analogous

#AE7D3B #A5AE3B #6BAE3B

triadic

#A5AE3B #3BA5AE #AE3BA5

tetradic

#A5AE3B #3BAE7D #443BAE #AE3B6B

square

#A5AE3B #3BAE7D #443BAE #AE3B6B

split-complementary

#A5AE3B #3B6BAE #7D3BAE

monochromatic

#4E531C #7A802C #A5AE3B #C0C85E #D2D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A5AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE3B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE3B	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c677',
    500: '#a5ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae3b;
$custom-light: #c3c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72176,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE3B

secondary

#8782C2

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE3B

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

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