#A5A022#A5A022

#A5A022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A022
RGB	rgb(165, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -12.24, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 61.87, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0406 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3778, 33.2575, 6.4376)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A022 #2227A5

analogous

#A55F22 #A5A022 #69A522

triadic

#A5A022 #22A5A0 #A022A5

tetradic

#A5A022 #22A55F #2227A5 #A52269

square

#A5A022 #22A55F #2227A5 #A52269

split-complementary

#A5A022 #2269A5 #5F22A5

monochromatic

#403E0D #726F18 #A5A022 #D4CE30 #DFDA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A5A022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A5A022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A022

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A022	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb69',
    500: '#a5a022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a022;
$custom-light: #c4bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68864,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A022

secondary

#5F63C4

accent

#46E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A022

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

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