#A5A138#A5A138

#A5A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A138
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -11.69, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 54.30, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0369 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.125 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9768, 33.7755, 8.7336)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A138 #383CA5

analogous

#A56A38 #A5A138 #72A538

triadic

#A5A138 #38A5A1 #A138A5

tetradic

#A5A138 #38A56A #383CA5 #A53872

square

#A5A138 #38A56A #383CA5 #A53872

split-complementary

#A5A138 #3872A5 #6A38A5

monochromatic

#4A4819 #777428 #A5A138 #C5C155 #D5D283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A5A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A5A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A138

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A138	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc74',
    500: '#a5a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a138;
$custom-light: #c3bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69239,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A138

secondary

#7A7DBE

accent

#54D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A138

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

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