#A5A237#A5A237

#A5A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A237
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -12.27, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 55.11, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0386 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.127 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1280, 34.1167, 8.6645)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A237 #373AA5

analogous

#A56B37 #A5A237 #71A537

triadic

#A5A237 #37A5A2 #A237A5

tetradic

#A5A237 #37A56B #373AA5 #A53771

square

#A5A237 #37A56B #373AA5 #A53771

split-complementary

#A5A237 #3771A5 #6B37A5

monochromatic

#494818 #777528 #A5A237 #C6C353 #D5D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A5A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A5A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A237

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A237	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd74',
    500: '#a5a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a237;
$custom-light: #c3bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69453,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A237

secondary

#797BBF

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A237

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

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