#A5A224#A5A224

#A5A224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.139 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A224
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -13.20, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 61.97, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0431 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.139 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7570, 33.9683, 6.7105)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A224 #2427A5

analogous

#A56224 #A5A224 #67A524

triadic

#A5A224 #24A5A2 #A224A5

tetradic

#A5A224 #24A562 #2427A5 #A52467

square

#A5A224 #24A562 #2427A5 #A52467

split-complementary

#A5A224 #2467A5 #6224A5

monochromatic

#413F0E #737119 #A5A224 #D3CF34 #DEDB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A5A224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A224

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A224	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.139 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6a',
    500: '#a5a224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a224;
$custom-light: #c3bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69321,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A224

secondary

#6264C3

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A224

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

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