#A5A522#A5A522

#A5A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.143 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A522
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -14.83, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 63.65, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0478 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.143 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2620, 35.0260, 6.7323)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A522 #2222A5

analogous

#A56422 #A5A522 #64A522

triadic

#A5A522 #22A5A5 #A522A5

tetradic

#A5A522 #22A564 #2222A5 #A52264

square

#A5A522 #22A564 #2222A5 #A52264

split-complementary

#A5A522 #2264A5 #6422A5

monochromatic

#40400D #727218 #A5A522 #D4D430 #DFDF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A5A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A5A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A522

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A522	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.143 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf6a',
    500: '#a5a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a522;
$custom-light: #c3bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A522

secondary

#5F5FC4

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A522

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

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