#A5A238#A5A238

#A5A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A238
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -12.21, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 54.70, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0384 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.126 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1522, 34.1264, 8.7920)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A238 #383BA5

analogous

#A56B38 #A5A238 #71A538

triadic

#A5A238 #38A5A2 #A238A5

tetradic

#A5A238 #38A56B #383BA5 #A53871

square

#A5A238 #38A56B #383BA5 #A53871

split-complementary

#A5A238 #3871A5 #6B38A5

monochromatic

#4A4819 #777528 #A5A238 #C5C255 #D5D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A5A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A5A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A238

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A238	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd74',
    500: '#a5a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a238;
$custom-light: #c3bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A238

secondary

#7A7CBE

accent

#53D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A238

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

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