#A5AE48#A5AE48

#A5AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE48
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -17.30, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 53.00, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.051 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.126 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8235, 38.7399, 11.9308)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE48 #5148AE

analogous

#AE8448 #A5AE48 #72AE48

triadic

#A5AE48 #48A5AE #AE48A5

tetradic

#A5AE48 #48AE84 #5148AE #AE4872

square

#A5AE48 #48AE84 #5148AE #AE4872

split-complementary

#A5AE48 #4872AE #8448AE

monochromatic

#535724 #7C8336 #A5AE48 #BCC470 #D0D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A5AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE48

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE48	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)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c67f',
    500: '#a5ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae48;
$custom-light: #c2c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE48

secondary

#9490C2

accent

#57D161

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE48

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

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