#A5A424#A5A424

#A5A424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.141 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A424
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -14.24, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 62.69, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.046 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1121, 34.6786, 6.8288)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A424 #2425A5

analogous

#A56424 #A5A424 #66A524

triadic

#A5A424 #24A5A4 #A424A5

tetradic

#A5A424 #24A564 #2425A5 #A52466

square

#A5A424 #24A564 #2425A5 #A52466

split-complementary

#A5A424 #2466A5 #6424A5

monochromatic

#41400E #737219 #A5A424 #D3D134 #DEDD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A5A424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A5A424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A424

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A424	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6a',
    500: '#a5a424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a424;
$custom-light: #c3be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69768,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A424

secondary

#6262C3

accent

#42E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A424

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

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