#A8AE29#A8AE29

#A8AE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.148 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE29
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -17.86, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 64.88, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0558 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.148 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6858, 38.7578, 7.9093)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE29 #2F29AE

analogous

#AE7229 #A8AE29 #65AE29

triadic

#A8AE29 #29A8AE #AE29A8

tetradic

#A8AE29 #29AE72 #2F29AE #AE2965

square

#A8AE29 #29AE72 #2F29AE #AE2965

split-complementary

#A8AE29 #2965AE #7229AE

monochromatic

#484B12 #787C1D #A8AE29 #CCD242 #D9DE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8AE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE29

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE29	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)

#BCA605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.148 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56e',
    500: '#a8ae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae29;
$custom-light: #c5c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.707,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE29

secondary

#716DC5

accent

#43E54A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE29

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

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