#A5A822#A5A822

#A5A822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.146 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A822
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -16.38, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 64.75, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0521 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.146 111)
XYZ	xyz(29.8095, 36.1209, 6.9148)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A822 #2522A8

analogous

#A86822 #A5A822 #62A822

triadic

#A5A822 #22A5A8 #A822A5

tetradic

#A5A822 #22A868 #2522A8 #A82262

square

#A5A822 #22A868 #2522A8 #A82262

split-complementary

#A5A822 #2262A8 #6822A8

monochromatic

#41420D #737518 #A5A822 #D2D532 #DDE065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A5A822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A822

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A822	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)

#B7A42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.146 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16a',
    500: '#a5a822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a822;
$custom-light: #c3c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70657,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.3612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A822

secondary

#6361C5

accent

#3FE942

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A822

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

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