#A7AE31#A7AE31

#A7AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AE31
RGB	rgb(167, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -17.92, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 62.22, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0552 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.143 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6278, 38.7101, 8.7108)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AE31 #3831AE

analogous

#AE7631 #A7AE31 #68AE31

triadic

#A7AE31 #31A7AE #AE31A7

tetradic

#A7AE31 #31AE76 #3831AE #AE3168

square

#A7AE31 #31AE76 #3831AE #AE3168

split-complementary

#A7AE31 #3168AE #7631AE

monochromatic

#4B4E16 #797E24 #A7AE31 #C6CD4F #D6DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A7AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A7AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AE31

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AE31	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c672',
    500: '#a7ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7ae31;
$custom-light: #c4c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72265,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AE31

secondary

#7B77C4

accent

#48DF51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AE31

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

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