#A5A036#A5A036

#A5A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A036
RGB	rgb(165, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -11.28, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 54.73, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.036 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.126 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7548, 33.4083, 8.4231)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A036 #363BA5

analogous

#A56836 #A5A036 #73A536

triadic

#A5A036 #36A5A0 #A036A5

tetradic

#A5A036 #36A568 #363BA5 #A53673

square

#A5A036 #36A568 #363BA5 #A53673

split-complementary

#A5A036 #3673A5 #6836A5

monochromatic

#494718 #777327 #A5A036 #C6C152 #D5D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A5A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A5A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A036

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A036	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb73',
    500: '#a5a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a036;
$custom-light: #c3bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A036

secondary

#787BBF

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A036

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

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