#A5A62E#A5A62E

#A5A62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A62E
RGB	rgb(165, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -14.84, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 60.13, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0468 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.137 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6475, 35.4699, 7.8689)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A62E #2F2EA6

analogous

#A66B2E #A5A62E #69A62E

triadic

#A5A62E #2EA5A6 #A62EA5

tetradic

#A5A62E #2EA66B #2F2EA6 #A62E69

square

#A5A62E #2EA66B #2F2EA6 #A62E69

split-complementary

#A5A62E #2E69A6 #6B2EA6

monochromatic

#464613 #757621 #A5A62E #CBCC46 #D8D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A5A62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A5A62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A62E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A62E	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c06f',
    500: '#a5a62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a62e;
$custom-light: #c3c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70277,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A62E

secondary

#706FC1

accent

#48E049

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A62E

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

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