#A8AE2F#A8AE2F

#A8AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.144 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE2F
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -17.59, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 62.90, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0545 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.144 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7986, 38.8029, 8.5034)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE2F #352FAE

analogous

#AE742F #A8AE2F #68AE2F

triadic

#A8AE2F #2FA8AE #AE2FA8

tetradic

#A8AE2F #2FAE74 #352FAE #AE2F68

square

#A8AE2F #2FAE74 #352FAE #AE2F68

split-complementary

#A8AE2F #2F68AE #742FAE

monochromatic

#4B4E15 #797E22 #A8AE2F #C8CF4C #D7DC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE2F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE2F	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)

#BBA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.144 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c671',
    500: '#a8ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae2f;
$custom-light: #c5c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.835,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE2F

secondary

#7875C4

accent

#47E14E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE2F

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

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