#A5A422#A5A422

#A5A422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A422
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -14.32, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 63.29, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0464 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0824, 34.6667, 6.6725)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A422 #2223A5

analogous

#A56322 #A5A422 #65A522

triadic

#A5A422 #22A5A4 #A422A5

tetradic

#A5A422 #22A563 #2223A5 #A52265

square

#A5A422 #22A563 #2223A5 #A52265

split-complementary

#A5A422 #2265A5 #6322A5

monochromatic

#403F0D #727218 #A5A422 #D4D330 #DFDE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A5A422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A5A422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A422

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A422	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6a',
    500: '#a5a422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a422;
$custom-light: #c3be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A422

secondary

#5F60C4

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A422

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

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