#A8AE25#A8AE25

#A8AE25 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 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE25
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -18.02, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 66.09, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0566 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.15 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6195, 38.7313, 7.5602)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE25 #2B25AE

analogous

#AE7025 #A8AE25 #64AE25

triadic

#A8AE25 #25A8AE #AE25A8

tetradic

#A8AE25 #25AE70 #2B25AE #AE2564

square

#A8AE25 #25AE70 #2B25AE #AE2564

split-complementary

#A8AE25 #2564AE #7025AE

monochromatic

#474910 #777C1A #A8AE25 #CFD53B #DBE06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8AE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE25

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE25	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.150 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56c',
    500: '#a8ae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae25;
$custom-light: #c6c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE25

secondary

#6C68C6

accent

#40E847

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE25

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

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