#A5A338#A5A338

#A5A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A338
RGB	rgb(165, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -12.74, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 55.10, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0398 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3291, 34.4801, 8.8510)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A338 #383AA5

analogous

#A56C38 #A5A338 #70A538

triadic

#A5A338 #38A5A3 #A338A5

tetradic

#A5A338 #38A56C #383AA5 #A53870

square

#A5A338 #38A56C #383AA5 #A53870

split-complementary

#A5A338 #3870A5 #6C38A5

monochromatic

#4A4919 #777628 #A5A338 #C5C355 #D5D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A5A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A5A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A338

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A338	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be74',
    500: '#a5a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a338;
$custom-light: #c3be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69684,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A338

secondary

#7A7CBE

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A338

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

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