#A5A427#A5A427

#A5A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.139 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A427
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -14.12, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 61.75, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0454 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.139 109)
XYZ	xyz(29.1598, 34.6977, 7.0803)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A427 #2728A5

analogous

#A56527 #A5A427 #67A527

triadic

#A5A427 #27A5A4 #A427A5

tetradic

#A5A427 #27A565 #2728A5 #A52767

square

#A5A427 #27A565 #2728A5 #A52767

split-complementary

#A5A427 #2767A5 #6527A5

monochromatic

#424210 #74731B #A5A427 #D0CF39 #DCDB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A5A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A5A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A427

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A427	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)

#B29D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.139 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6c',
    500: '#a5a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a427;
$custom-light: #c3be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69785,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.34697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A427

secondary

#6666C2

accent

#44E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A427

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

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