#A5A42F#A5A42F

#A5A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.134 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A42F
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -13.76, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 58.99, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0436 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.134 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3067, 34.7564, 7.8537)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A42F #2F30A5

analogous

#A5692F #A5A42F #6BA52F

triadic

#A5A42F #2FA5A4 #A42FA5

tetradic

#A5A42F #2FA569 #2F30A5 #A52F6B

square

#A5A42F #2FA569 #2F30A5 #A52F6B

split-complementary

#A5A42F #2F6BA5 #692FA5

monochromatic

#464514 #757521 #A5A42F #CBC947 #D8D776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A5A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A42F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A42F	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)

#B19D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.134 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be70',
    500: '#a5a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a42f;
$custom-light: #c3be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A42F

secondary

#7070C0

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A42F

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

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