#A5A820#A5A820

#A5A820 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.147 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A820
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -16.45, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 65.30, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0524 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.147 111)
XYZ	xyz(29.7815, 36.1097, 6.7673)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A820 #2320A8

analogous

#A86720 #A5A820 #61A820

triadic

#A5A820 #20A5A8 #A820A5

tetradic

#A5A820 #20A867 #2320A8 #A82061

square

#A5A820 #20A867 #2320A8 #A82061

split-complementary

#A5A820 #2061A8 #6720A8

monochromatic

#40410C #737516 #A5A820 #D3D72E #DEE161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A5A820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A820

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A820	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.147 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c169',
    500: '#a5a820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a820;
$custom-light: #c4c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A820

secondary

#605EC6

accent

#3DEB41

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A820

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

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