#A7AE2E#A7AE2E

#A7AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.145 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE2E
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -18.07, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 63.26, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0559 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.145 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5665, 38.6856, 8.3884)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE2E #352EAE

analogous

#AE752E #A7AE2E #67AE2E

triadic

#A7AE2E #2EA7AE #AE2EA7

tetradic

#A7AE2E #2EAE75 #352EAE #AE2E67

square

#A7AE2E #2EAE75 #352EAE #AE2E67

split-complementary

#A7AE2E #2E67AE #752EAE

monochromatic

#4A4D14 #797E21 #A7AE2E #C8CF4A #D7DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A7AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A7AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE2E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE2E	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)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.145 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c670',
    500: '#a7ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae2e;
$custom-light: #c5c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE2E

secondary

#7874C4

accent

#46E14F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE2E

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

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