#A5A342#A5A342

#A5A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A342
RGB	rgb(165, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -12.07, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 50.80, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0368 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.119 108)
XYZ	xyz(29.5985, 34.5879, 10.2702)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A342 #4244A5

analogous

#A57142 #A5A342 #75A542

triadic

#A5A342 #42A5A3 #A342A5

tetradic

#A5A342 #42A571 #4244A5 #A54275

square

#A5A342 #42A571 #4244A5 #A54275

split-complementary

#A5A342 #4275A5 #7142A5

monochromatic

#4E4D1F #797831 #A5A342 #C1BF63 #D2D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A5A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A5A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A342

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A342	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be7a',
    500: '#a5a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a342;
$custom-light: #c2be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.34587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A342

secondary

#8586BD

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A342

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

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