#A8AE32#A8AE32

#A8AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE32
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -17.44, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 61.84, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0538 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.142 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8612, 38.8280, 8.8332)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE32 #3832AE

analogous

#AE7632 #A8AE32 #6AAE32

triadic

#A8AE32 #32A8AE #AE32A8

tetradic

#A8AE32 #32AE76 #3832AE #AE326A

square

#A8AE32 #32AE76 #3832AE #AE326A

split-complementary

#A8AE32 #326AAE #7632AE

monochromatic

#4C4F17 #7A7E24 #A8AE32 #C7CD50 #D6DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE32

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE32	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c672',
    500: '#a8ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae32;
$custom-light: #c5c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE32

secondary

#7C78C4

accent

#49DF50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE32

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

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