#A8AE2C#A8AE2C

#A8AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE2C
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -17.73, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 63.91, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0552 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.146 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7402, 38.7796, 8.1956)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE2C #322CAE

analogous

#AE732C #A8AE2C #67AE2C

triadic

#A8AE2C #2CA8AE #AE2CA8

tetradic

#A8AE2C #2CAE73 #322CAE #AE2C67

square

#A8AE2C #2CAE73 #322CAE #AE2C67

split-complementary

#A8AE2C #2C67AE #732CAE

monochromatic

#4A4C13 #797D20 #A8AE2C #CAD047 #D8DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE2C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE2C	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56f',
    500: '#a8ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae2c;
$custom-light: #c5c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE2C

secondary

#7571C5

accent

#45E34C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE2C

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

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