#A5AE44#A5AE44

#A5AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE44
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -17.60, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 54.75, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0522 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.13 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6972, 38.6894, 11.2657)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE44 #4D44AE

analogous

#AE8244 #A5AE44 #70AE44

triadic

#A5AE44 #44A5AE #AE44A5

tetradic

#A5AE44 #44AE82 #4D44AE #AE4470

square

#A5AE44 #44AE82 #4D44AE #AE4470

split-complementary

#A5AE44 #4470AE #8244AE

monochromatic

#525622 #7B8233 #A5AE44 #BDC56A #D1D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A5AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE44

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE44	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c67c',
    500: '#a5ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae44;
$custom-light: #c2c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.094,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE44

secondary

#908CC2

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE44

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

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