#A8AE30#A8AE30

#A8AE30 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	#A8AE30
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -17.54, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 62.55, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0543 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.144 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8190, 38.8111, 8.6109)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE30 #3630AE

analogous

#AE7530 #A8AE30 #69AE30

triadic

#A8AE30 #30A8AE #AE30A8

tetradic

#A8AE30 #30AE75 #3630AE #AE3069

square

#A8AE30 #30AE75 #3630AE #AE3069

split-complementary

#A8AE30 #3069AE #7530AE

monochromatic

#4B4E16 #7A7E23 #A8AE30 #C8CE4D #D7DB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE30

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE30	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)

#BBA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.144 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c671',
    500: '#a8ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae30;
$custom-light: #c5c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE30

secondary

#7A76C4

accent

#48E04F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE30

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

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