#A5A826#A5A826

#A5A826 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	#A5A826
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -16.23, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 63.56, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0514 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8706, 36.1454, 7.2366)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A826 #2926A8

analogous

#A86A26 #A5A826 #64A826

triadic

#A5A826 #26A5A8 #A826A5

tetradic

#A5A826 #26A86A #2926A8 #A82664

square

#A5A826 #26A86A #2926A8 #A82664

split-complementary

#A5A826 #2664A8 #6A26A8

monochromatic

#43440F #74761B #A5A826 #CFD239 #DBDE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A5A826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A826

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A826	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: #a5a826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16c',
    500: '#a5a826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a826;
$custom-light: #c3c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A826

secondary

#6866C4

accent

#42E645

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A826

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

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