#A7AE2A#A7AE2A

#A7AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.147 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE2A
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -18.25, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 64.58, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0567 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.147 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4913, 38.6555, 7.9924)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE2A #312AAE

analogous

#AE732A #A7AE2A #65AE2A

triadic

#A7AE2A #2AA7AE #AE2AA7

tetradic

#A7AE2A #2AAE73 #312AAE #AE2A65

square

#A7AE2A #2AAE73 #312AAE #AE2A65

split-complementary

#A7AE2A #2A65AE #732AAE

monochromatic

#484B12 #787D1E #A7AE2A #CAD243 #D8DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A7AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A7AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE2A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE2A	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.147 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c66e',
    500: '#a7ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae2a;
$custom-light: #c5c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7222,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE2A

secondary

#736FC5

accent

#44E44C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE2A

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

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