#A8AE2A#A8AE2A

#A8AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE2A
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -17.81, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 64.56, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0556 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.147 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7035, 38.7649, 8.0023)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE2A #302AAE

analogous

#AE722A #A8AE2A #66AE2A

triadic

#A8AE2A #2AA8AE #AE2AA8

tetradic

#A8AE2A #2AAE72 #302AAE #AE2A66

square

#A8AE2A #2AAE72 #302AAE #AE2A66

split-complementary

#A8AE2A #2A66AE #722AAE

monochromatic

#494B12 #787D1E #A8AE2A #CBD243 #D9DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE2A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56e',
    500: '#a8ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae2a;
$custom-light: #c5c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE2A

secondary

#736FC5

accent

#44E44B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE2A

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

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