#A5A235#A5A235

#A5A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A235
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -12.39, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 55.92, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0392 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.128 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0810, 34.0980, 8.4172)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A235 #3538A5

analogous

#A56A35 #A5A235 #70A535

triadic

#A5A235 #35A5A2 #A235A5

tetradic

#A5A235 #35A56A #3538A5 #A53570

square

#A5A235 #35A56A #3538A5 #A53570

split-complementary

#A5A235 #3570A5 #6A35A5

monochromatic

#484717 #777526 #A5A235 #C7C450 #D6D37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A5A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A5A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A235

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A235	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd73',
    500: '#a5a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a235;
$custom-light: #c3bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69436,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A235

secondary

#7779BF

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A235

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

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