#A5A42A#A5A42A

#A5A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.138 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A42A
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -13.99, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 60.76, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0448 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.138 109)
XYZ	xyz(29.2115, 34.7183, 7.3526)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A42A #2A2BA5

analogous

#A5662A #A5A42A #68A52A

triadic

#A5A42A #2AA5A4 #A42AA5

tetradic

#A5A42A #2AA566 #2A2BA5 #A52A68

square

#A5A42A #2AA566 #2A2BA5 #A52A68

split-complementary

#A5A42A #2A68A5 #662AA5

monochromatic

#434311 #74741E #A5A42A #CECD3E #DAD96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A5A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A42A

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A42A	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#B29D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6d',
    500: '#a5a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a42a;
$custom-light: #c3be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69803,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.34717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A42A

secondary

#696AC1

accent

#46E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A42A

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

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