#A5A623#A5A623

#A5A623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.143 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A623
RGB	rgb(165, 166, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -15.31, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 63.72, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0491 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.143 110)
XYZ	xyz(29.4577, 35.3940, 6.8698)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A623 #2423A6

analogous

#A66623 #A5A623 #64A623

triadic

#A5A623 #23A5A6 #A623A5

tetradic

#A5A623 #23A666 #2423A6 #A62364

square

#A5A623 #23A666 #2423A6 #A62364

split-complementary

#A5A623 #2364A6 #6623A6

monochromatic

#41410E #737318 #A5A623 #D3D432 #DEDF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A5A623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A5A623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A623

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A623	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 166, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c06a',
    500: '#a5a623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a623;
$custom-light: #c3c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A623

secondary

#6261C4

accent

#40E841

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A623

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

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