#A8AE3E#A8AE3E

#A8AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE3E
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -16.74, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 57.20, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0506 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.134 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1549, 38.9454, 10.3799)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE3E #443EAE

analogous

#AE7C3E #A8AE3E #70AE3E

triadic

#A8AE3E #3EA8AE #AE3EA8

tetradic

#A8AE3E #3EAE7C #443EAE #AE3E70

square

#A8AE3E #3EAE7C #443EAE #AE3E70

split-complementary

#A8AE3E #3E70AE #7C3EAE

monochromatic

#51541E #7C812E #A8AE3E #C2C762 #D3D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE3E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE3E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c679',
    500: '#a8ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae3e;
$custom-light: #c5c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE3E

secondary

#8986C2

accent

#51D758

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE3E

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

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