#A8AE20#A8AE20

#A8AE20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.152 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE20
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -18.19, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 67.47, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0574 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.152 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5463, 38.7020, 7.1747)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE20 #2620AE

analogous

#AE6D20 #A8AE20 #61AE20

triadic

#A8AE20 #20A8AE #AE20A8

tetradic

#A8AE20 #20AE6D #2620AE #AE2061

square

#A8AE20 #20AE6D #2620AE #AE2061

split-complementary

#A8AE20 #2061AE #6D20AE

monochromatic

#44470D #767A16 #A8AE20 #D2D932 #DEE366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A8AE20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE20

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE20	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)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.152 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56a',
    500: '#a8ae20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae20;
$custom-light: #c6c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72252,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE20

secondary

#6662C8

accent

#3CEC43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE20

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

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