#A5A231#A5A231

#A5A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.131 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A231
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -12.61, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 57.48, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0402 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.131 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9928, 34.0627, 7.9527)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A231 #3134A5

analogous

#A56831 #A5A231 #6EA531

triadic

#A5A231 #31A5A2 #A231A5

tetradic

#A5A231 #31A568 #3134A5 #A5316E

square

#A5A231 #31A568 #3134A5 #A5316E

split-complementary

#A5A231 #316EA5 #6831A5

monochromatic

#474515 #767423 #A5A231 #C9C64A #D7D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A5A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A231

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A231	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)

#AF9C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.131 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd71',
    500: '#a5a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a231;
$custom-light: #c3bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69405,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A231

secondary

#7274C0

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A231

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

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