#A5AE3D#A5AE3D

#A5AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE3D
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -18.08, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 57.69, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0543 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.135 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4962, 38.6090, 10.2071)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE3D #463DAE

analogous

#AE7E3D #A5AE3D #6CAE3D

triadic

#A5AE3D #3DA5AE #AE3DA5

tetradic

#A5AE3D #3DAE7E #463DAE #AE3D6C

square

#A5AE3D #3DAE7E #463DAE #AE3D6C

split-complementary

#A5AE3D #3D6CAE #7E3DAE

monochromatic

#4F531D #7A812D #A5AE3D #BFC861 #D2D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A5AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE3D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE3D	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)

#BAA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c678',
    500: '#a5ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae3d;
$custom-light: #c2c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.779,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE3D

secondary

#8985C2

accent

#50D85B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE3D

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

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