#A5A230#A5A230

#A5A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A230
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -12.66, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 57.85, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0405 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.132 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9720, 34.0543, 7.8427)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A230 #3033A5

analogous

#A56830 #A5A230 #6DA530

triadic

#A5A230 #30A5A2 #A230A5

tetradic

#A5A230 #30A568 #3033A5 #A5306D

square

#A5A230 #30A568 #3033A5 #A5306D

split-complementary

#A5A230 #306DA5 #6830A5

monochromatic

#464514 #767322 #A5A230 #CAC748 #D8D578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A5A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A230

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A230	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd70',
    500: '#a5a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a230;
$custom-light: #c3bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A230

secondary

#7173C0

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A230

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

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