#A5A242#A5A242

#A5A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A242
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -11.55, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 50.38, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0354 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.118 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4217, 34.2342, 10.2112)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A242 #4245A5

analogous

#A57142 #A5A242 #76A542

triadic

#A5A242 #42A5A2 #A242A5

tetradic

#A5A242 #42A571 #4245A5 #A54276

square

#A5A242 #42A571 #4245A5 #A54276

split-complementary

#A5A242 #4276A5 #7142A5

monochromatic

#4E4C1F #797731 #A5A242 #C1BE63 #D2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A5A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A5A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A242

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A242	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd7a',
    500: '#a5a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a242;
$custom-light: #c2bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69556,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A242

secondary

#8587BD

accent

#59D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A242

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

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