#A5A222#A5A222

#A5A222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A222
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -13.28, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 62.57, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0435 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7273, 33.9565, 6.5541)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A222 #2225A5

analogous

#A56122 #A5A222 #67A522

triadic

#A5A222 #22A5A2 #A222A5

tetradic

#A5A222 #22A561 #2225A5 #A52267

square

#A5A222 #22A561 #2225A5 #A52267

split-complementary

#A5A222 #2267A5 #6122A5

monochromatic

#403E0D #727018 #A5A222 #D4D130 #DFDC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A5A222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A5A222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A222

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A222	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd69',
    500: '#a5a222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a222;
$custom-light: #c3bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69311,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A222

secondary

#5F61C4

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A222

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

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