#A5A226#A5A226

#A5A226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.138 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A226
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -13.12, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 61.34, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0427 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.138 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7884, 33.9809, 6.8759)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A226 #2629A5

analogous

#A56326 #A5A226 #68A526

triadic

#A5A226 #26A5A2 #A226A5

tetradic

#A5A226 #26A563 #2629A5 #A52668

square

#A5A226 #26A563 #2629A5 #A52668

split-complementary

#A5A226 #2668A5 #6326A5

monochromatic

#42400F #73711B #A5A226 #D1CD37 #DCDA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A5A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A226

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A226	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.138 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6b',
    500: '#a5a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a226;
$custom-light: #c3bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A226

secondary

#6467C3

accent

#46E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A226

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

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