#A5AE47#A5AE47

#A5AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE47
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -17.38, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 53.44, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0513 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.127 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7911, 38.7269, 11.7603)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE47 #5047AE

analogous

#AE8347 #A5AE47 #71AE47

triadic

#A5AE47 #47A5AE #AE47A5

tetradic

#A5AE47 #47AE83 #5047AE #AE4771

square

#A5AE47 #47AE83 #5047AE #AE4771

split-complementary

#A5AE47 #4771AE #8347AE

monochromatic

#535724 #7C8335 #A5AE47 #BCC46E #D0D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A5AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE47

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE47	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c67e',
    500: '#a5ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae47;
$custom-light: #c2c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.243,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE47

secondary

#938FC2

accent

#56D261

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE47

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

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