#A5AE3C#A5AE3C

#A5AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE3C
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -18.15, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 58.09, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0546 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.136 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4695, 38.5983, 10.0665)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE3C #453CAE

analogous

#AE7E3C #A5AE3C #6CAE3C

triadic

#A5AE3C #3CA5AE #AE3CA5

tetradic

#A5AE3C #3CAE7E #453CAE #AE3C6C

square

#A5AE3C #3CAE7E #453CAE #AE3C6C

split-complementary

#A5AE3C #3C6CAE #7E3CAE

monochromatic

#4F531D #7A802C #A5AE3C #C0C85F #D2D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A5AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE3C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE3C	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)

#BAA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c678',
    500: '#a5ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae3c;
$custom-light: #c3c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE3C

secondary

#8883C2

accent

#50D85A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE3C

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

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