#A5A524#A5A524

#A5A524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.142 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A524
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -14.76, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 63.06, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0474 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.142 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2917, 35.0379, 6.8887)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A524 #2424A5

analogous

#A56524 #A5A524 #65A524

triadic

#A5A524 #24A5A5 #A524A5

tetradic

#A5A524 #24A565 #2424A5 #A52465

square

#A5A524 #24A565 #2424A5 #A52465

split-complementary

#A5A524 #2465A5 #6524A5

monochromatic

#41410E #737319 #A5A524 #D3D334 #DEDE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A5A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A5A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A524

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A524	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.142 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf6b',
    500: '#a5a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a524;
$custom-light: #c3bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69993,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A524

secondary

#6262C3

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A524

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

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