#A5A437#A5A437

#A5A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A437
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -13.32, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 55.91, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0416 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.129 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4831, 34.8270, 8.7829)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A437 #3738A5

analogous

#A56D37 #A5A437 #6FA537

triadic

#A5A437 #37A5A4 #A437A5

tetradic

#A5A437 #37A56D #3738A5 #A5376F

square

#A5A437 #37A56D #3738A5 #A5376F

split-complementary

#A5A437 #376FA5 #6D37A5

monochromatic

#494918 #777628 #A5A437 #C6C553 #D5D481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A5A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A437

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A437	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be74',
    500: '#a5a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a437;
$custom-light: #c3be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A437

secondary

#797ABF

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A437

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

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