#A5A825#A5A825

#A5A825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A825
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -16.26, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 63.87, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0515 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8547, 36.1390, 7.1528)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A825 #2825A8

analogous

#A86925 #A5A825 #63A825

triadic

#A5A825 #25A5A8 #A825A5

tetradic

#A5A825 #25A869 #2825A8 #A82563

square

#A5A825 #25A869 #2825A8 #A82563

split-complementary

#A5A825 #2563A8 #6925A8

monochromatic

#42440F #74761A #A5A825 #CFD337 #DBDE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A5A825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A825

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A825	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)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16b',
    500: '#a5a825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a825;
$custom-light: #c3c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70672,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A825

secondary

#6765C4

accent

#41E745

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A825

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

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