#A5A227#A5A227

#A5A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.137 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A227
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -13.08, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 61.02, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0425 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.137 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8047, 33.9874, 6.9620)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A227 #272AA5

analogous

#A56327 #A5A227 #69A527

triadic

#A5A227 #27A5A2 #A227A5

tetradic

#A5A227 #27A563 #272AA5 #A52769

square

#A5A227 #27A563 #272AA5 #A52769

split-complementary

#A5A227 #2769A5 #6327A5

monochromatic

#424110 #74711B #A5A227 #D0CD39 #DCD96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A5A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A227

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A227	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)

#B09B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.137 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6c',
    500: '#a5a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a227;
$custom-light: #c3bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69338,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A227

secondary

#6668C2

accent

#47E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A227

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

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