#A5AE41#A5AE41

#A5AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE41
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -17.81, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 56.03, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0532 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.132 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6080, 38.6537, 10.7958)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE41 #4A41AE

analogous

#AE8141 #A5AE41 #6FAE41

triadic

#A5AE41 #41A5AE #AE41A5

tetradic

#A5AE41 #41AE81 #4A41AE #AE416F

square

#A5AE41 #41AE81 #4A41AE #AE416F

split-complementary

#A5AE41 #416FAE #8141AE

monochromatic

#505520 #7B8130 #A5AE41 #BEC666 #D1D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A5AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE41

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE41	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c67b',
    500: '#a5ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae41;
$custom-light: #c2c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE41

secondary

#8E89C2

accent

#53D55D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE41

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

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