#A5A538#A5A538

#A5A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A538
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -13.78, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 55.91, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0428 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.129 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6870, 35.1960, 8.9703)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A538 #3838A5

analogous

#A56E38 #A5A538 #6EA538

triadic

#A5A538 #38A5A5 #A538A5

tetradic

#A5A538 #38A56E #3838A5 #A5386E

square

#A5A538 #38A56E #3838A5 #A5386E

split-complementary

#A5A538 #386EA5 #6E38A5

monochromatic

#4A4A19 #777728 #A5A538 #C5C555 #D5D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A5A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A5A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A538

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A538	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf75',
    500: '#a5a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a538;
$custom-light: #c3bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7013,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A538

secondary

#7A7ABE

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A538

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

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