#A7AE23#A7AE23

#A7AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.151 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE23
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -18.52, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 66.68, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0581 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.151 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3768, 38.6097, 7.3893)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE23 #2A23AE

analogous

#AE6F23 #A7AE23 #61AE23

triadic

#A7AE23 #23A7AE #AE23A7

tetradic

#A7AE23 #23AE6F #2A23AE #AE2361

square

#A7AE23 #23AE6F #2A23AE #AE2361

split-complementary

#A7AE23 #2361AE #6F23AE

monochromatic

#45480F #767B19 #A7AE23 #CFD737 #DBE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A7AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A7AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE23

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE23	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.151 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56b',
    500: '#a7ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae23;
$custom-light: #c5c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE23

secondary

#6B66C7

accent

#3EE947

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE23

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

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