#A5A240#A5A240

#A5A240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A240
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -11.69, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 51.28, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.036 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.12 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3637, 34.2110, 9.9061)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A240 #4043A5

analogous

#A57040 #A5A240 #75A540

triadic

#A5A240 #40A5A2 #A240A5

tetradic

#A5A240 #40A570 #4043A5 #A54075

square

#A5A240 #40A570 #4043A5 #A54075

split-complementary

#A5A240 #4075A5 #7040A5

monochromatic

#4D4B1E #79772F #A5A240 #C2BF61 #D3D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A5A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A5A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A240

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A240	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd79',
    500: '#a5a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a240;
$custom-light: #c2bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A240

secondary

#8385BE

accent

#58D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A240

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

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