#A5AE4E#A5AE4E

#A5AE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE4E
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -16.81, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 50.28, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.049 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.121 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0289, 38.8220, 13.0124)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE4E #574EAE

analogous

#AE874E #A5AE4E #75AE4E

triadic

#A5AE4E #4EA5AE #AE4EA5

tetradic

#A5AE4E #4EAE87 #574EAE #AE4E75

square

#A5AE4E #4EAE87 #574EAE #AE4E75

split-complementary

#A5AE4E #4E75AE #874EAE

monochromatic

#555928 #7D843B #A5AE4E #BBC277 #D0D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A5AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE4E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE4E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c683',
    500: '#a5ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae4e;
$custom-light: #c2c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72368,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE4E

secondary

#9A96C2

accent

#5ACE65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE4E

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

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