#A8AE23#A8AE23

#A8AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.150 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE23
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -18.09, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 66.66, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0569 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.151 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5890, 38.7191, 7.3993)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE23 #2923AE

analogous

#AE6E23 #A8AE23 #62AE23

triadic

#A8AE23 #23A8AE #AE23A8

tetradic

#A8AE23 #23AE6E #2923AE #AE2362

square

#A8AE23 #23AE6E #2923AE #AE2362

split-complementary

#A8AE23 #2362AE #6E23AE

monochromatic

#46480F #777B19 #A8AE23 #D0D737 #DCE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A8AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE23

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE23	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)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.150 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a8ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae23;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE23

secondary

#6A66C7

accent

#3EE946

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE23

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

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