#A5A824#A5A824

#A5A824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.145 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A824
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -16.30, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 64.17, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0517 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.145 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8392, 36.1328, 7.0712)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A824 #2724A8

analogous

#A86924 #A5A824 #63A824

triadic

#A5A824 #24A5A8 #A824A5

tetradic

#A5A824 #24A869 #2724A8 #A82463

square

#A5A824 #24A869 #2724A8 #A82463

split-complementary

#A5A824 #2463A8 #6924A8

monochromatic

#42430E #737619 #A5A824 #D0D435 #DCDF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A5A824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A824

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A824	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.145 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16b',
    500: '#a5a824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a824;
$custom-light: #c3c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A824

secondary

#6663C4

accent

#40E844

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A824

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

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