#A5AE3E#A5AE3E

#A5AE3E 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	#A5AE3E
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -18.02, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 57.28, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0541 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.135 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5234, 38.6198, 10.3503)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE3E #473EAE

analogous

#AE7F3E #A5AE3E #6DAE3E

triadic

#A5AE3E #3EA5AE #AE3EA5

tetradic

#A5AE3E #3EAE7F #473EAE #AE3E6D

square

#A5AE3E #3EAE7F #473EAE #AE3E6D

split-complementary

#A5AE3E #3E6DAE #7F3EAE

monochromatic

#4F541E #7A812E #A5AE3E #BFC762 #D1D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A5AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE3E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE3E	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)

#BAA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c679',
    500: '#a5ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae3e;
$custom-light: #c2c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE3E

secondary

#8B86C2

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE3E

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

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