#A5A229#A5A229

#A5A229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.136 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A229
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -13.00, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 60.35, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0421 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.136 108)
XYZ	xyz(28.8387, 34.0010, 7.1411)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A229 #292CA5

analogous

#A56429 #A5A229 #6AA529

triadic

#A5A229 #29A5A2 #A229A5

tetradic

#A5A229 #29A564 #292CA5 #A5296A

square

#A5A229 #29A564 #292CA5 #A5296A

split-complementary

#A5A229 #296AA5 #6429A5

monochromatic

#434211 #74721D #A5A229 #CFCB3D #DBD86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A5A229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A229

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A229	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)

#B09B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.136 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6c',
    500: '#a5a229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a229;
$custom-light: #c3bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6935,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.34
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A229

secondary

#686AC2

accent

#48E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A229

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

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