#A8AE4E#A8AE4E

#A8AE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE4E
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -15.56, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 50.19, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0456 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.12 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6604, 39.1476, 13.0420)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE4E #544EAE

analogous

#AE844E #A8AE4E #78AE4E

triadic

#A8AE4E #4EA8AE #AE4EA8

tetradic

#A8AE4E #4EAE84 #544EAE #AE4E78

square

#A8AE4E #4EAE84 #544EAE #AE4E78

split-complementary

#A8AE4E #4E78AE #844EAE

monochromatic

#565928 #7F843B #A8AE4E #BDC277 #D2D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE4E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE4E	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c683',
    500: '#a8ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae4e;
$custom-light: #c4c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE4E

secondary

#9996C2

accent

#5ACE61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE4E

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

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