#A7AE2C#A7AE2C

#A7AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE2C
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -18.16, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 63.93, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0563 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.146 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5280, 38.6702, 8.1856)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE2C #332CAE

analogous

#AE742C #A7AE2C #66AE2C

triadic

#A7AE2C #2CA7AE #AE2CA7

tetradic

#A7AE2C #2CAE74 #332CAE #AE2C66

square

#A7AE2C #2CAE74 #332CAE #AE2C66

split-complementary

#A7AE2C #2C66AE #742CAE

monochromatic

#494C13 #787D20 #A7AE2C #C9D047 #D7DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A7AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A7AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE2C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE2C	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#BBA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c66f',
    500: '#a7ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae2c;
$custom-light: #c5c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE2C

secondary

#7671C5

accent

#45E34D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE2C

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

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