#A5A42D#A5A42D

#A5A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.136 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A42D
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -13.85, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 59.71, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0441 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.136 109)
XYZ	xyz(29.2672, 34.7406, 7.6460)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A42D #2D2EA5

analogous

#A5682D #A5A42D #6AA52D

triadic

#A5A42D #2DA5A4 #A42DA5

tetradic

#A5A42D #2DA568 #2D2EA5 #A52D6A

square

#A5A42D #2DA568 #2D2EA5 #A52D6A

split-complementary

#A5A42D #2D6AA5 #682DA5

monochromatic

#454413 #757420 #A5A42D #CCCB43 #D9D873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A5A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A42D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A42D	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.136 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6f',
    500: '#a5a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a42d;
$custom-light: #c3be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.3474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A42D

secondary

#6D6EC1

accent

#49E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A42D

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

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