#A5A42B#A5A42B

#A5A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.137 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A42B
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -13.95, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 60.41, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0446 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.137 109)
XYZ	xyz(29.2296, 34.7256, 7.4480)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A42B #2B2CA5

analogous

#A5672B #A5A42B #69A52B

triadic

#A5A42B #2BA5A4 #A42BA5

tetradic

#A5A42B #2BA567 #2B2CA5 #A52B69

square

#A5A42B #2BA567 #2B2CA5 #A52B69

split-complementary

#A5A42B #2B69A5 #672BA5

monochromatic

#444312 #74741E #A5A42B #CDCC40 #DAD971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A5A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A42B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A42B	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)

#B29D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.137 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6e',
    500: '#a5a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a42b;
$custom-light: #c3be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.34725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A42B

secondary

#6B6BC1

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A42B

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

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