#A7AE2D#A7AE2D

#A7AE2D 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 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE2D
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -18.11, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 63.60, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0561 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.146 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5471, 38.6778, 8.2858)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE2D #342DAE

analogous

#AE742D #A7AE2D #66AE2D

triadic

#A7AE2D #2DA7AE #AE2DA7

tetradic

#A7AE2D #2DAE74 #342DAE #AE2D66

square

#A7AE2D #2DAE74 #342DAE #AE2D66

split-complementary

#A7AE2D #2D66AE #742DAE

monochromatic

#4A4D14 #787D20 #A7AE2D #C8D048 #D7DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A7AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A7AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE2D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE2D	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c670',
    500: '#a7ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae2d;
$custom-light: #c5c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE2D

secondary

#7772C4

accent

#46E24E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE2D

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

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