#A5A827#A5A827

#A5A827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A827
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -16.18, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 63.25, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0512 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.143 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8869, 36.1519, 7.3227)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A827 #2A27A8

analogous

#A86A27 #A5A827 #65A827

triadic

#A5A827 #27A5A8 #A827A5

tetradic

#A5A827 #27A86A #2A27A8 #A82765

square

#A5A827 #27A86A #2A27A8 #A82765

split-complementary

#A5A827 #2765A8 #6A27A8

monochromatic

#434510 #74761B #A5A827 #CED13B #DADD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A5A827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A827

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A827	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)

#B6A003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.143 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16c',
    500: '#a5a827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a827;
$custom-light: #c3c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70683,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A827

secondary

#6967C3

accent

#42E546

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A827

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

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