#A5A037#A5A037

#A5A037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A037
RGB	rgb(165, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -11.22, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 54.32, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0357 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.125 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7785, 33.4177, 8.5480)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A037 #373CA5

analogous

#A56937 #A5A037 #73A537

triadic

#A5A037 #37A5A0 #A037A5

tetradic

#A5A037 #37A569 #373CA5 #A53773

square

#A5A037 #37A569 #373CA5 #A53773

split-complementary

#A5A037 #3773A5 #6937A5

monochromatic

#494718 #777328 #A5A037 #C6C153 #D5D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A5A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A5A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A037

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A037	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb74',
    500: '#a5a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a037;
$custom-light: #c3bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69008,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A037

secondary

#797CBF

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A037

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

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