#A8AE35#A8AE35

#A8AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.140 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE35
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -17.28, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 60.74, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0531 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.14 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9281, 38.8547, 9.1853)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE35 #3B35AE

analogous

#AE7835 #A8AE35 #6CAE35

triadic

#A8AE35 #35A8AE #AE35A8

tetradic

#A8AE35 #35AE78 #3B35AE #AE356C

square

#A8AE35 #35AE78 #3B35AE #AE356C

split-complementary

#A8AE35 #356CAE #7835AE

monochromatic

#4D5018 #7B7F27 #A8AE35 #C5CB55 #D5DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE35

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE35	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#BBA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.140 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c674',
    500: '#a8ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae35;
$custom-light: #c5c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE35

secondary

#7F7CC3

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE35

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

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