#A8AE31#A8AE31

#A8AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE31
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -17.49, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 62.20, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.054 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.143 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8399, 38.8194, 8.7208)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE31 #3731AE

analogous

#AE7531 #A8AE31 #69AE31

triadic

#A8AE31 #31A8AE #AE31A8

tetradic

#A8AE31 #31AE75 #3731AE #AE3169

square

#A8AE31 #31AE75 #3731AE #AE3169

split-complementary

#A8AE31 #3169AE #7531AE

monochromatic

#4C4E16 #7A7E24 #A8AE31 #C7CD4F #D6DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE31

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE31	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c672',
    500: '#a8ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae31;
$custom-light: #c5c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE31

secondary

#7B77C4

accent

#48DF50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE31

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

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