#A5A721#A5A721

#A5A721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A721
RGB	rgb(165, 167, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -15.90, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 64.66, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0508 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6114, 35.7474, 6.7787)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A721 #2321A7

analogous

#A76621 #A5A721 #62A721

triadic

#A5A721 #21A5A7 #A721A5

tetradic

#A5A721 #21A766 #2321A7 #A72162

square

#A5A721 #21A766 #2321A7 #A72162

split-complementary

#A5A721 #2162A7 #6621A7

monochromatic

#40410D #737417 #A5A721 #D3D62F #DEE062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A5A721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A5A721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A721

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A721	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 167, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c06a',
    500: '#a5a721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a721;
$custom-light: #c4c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A721

secondary

#605FC5

accent

#3EEA40

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A721

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

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