#A5A833#A5A833
#A5A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.136 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A5A833 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 168, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.71, -15.61, 56.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.71, 59.08, 105.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.76% -0.0484 0.1271) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.76% 0.136 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1182, 36.2444, 8.5407) |
| Luminance | 0.3624 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.46
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.25
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.98
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.51
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.05
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A5A833 #3633A8
analogous
#A87033 #A5A833 #6BA833
triadic
#A5A833 #33A5A8 #A833A5
tetradic
#A5A833 #33A870 #3633A8 #A8336B
square
#A5A833 #33A870 #3633A8 #A8336B
split-complementary
#A5A833 #336BA8 #7033A8
monochromatic
#494A16 #777925 #A5A833 #C6C94F #D5D87E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.55
#A5A833 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.25
#A5A833 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A5A833
8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A5A833 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A5A833 | 1.00 | 2.55 | 8.25 | 8.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A120
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A43B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a5a833; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.136 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3c172',
500: '#a5a833',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a5a833; $custom-light: #c3c172; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a5a833",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 168,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.538,
"s": 53.425,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70762,
"c": 0.13602,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.36244
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A5A833
secondary
#7876C1
accent
#4BDD4F
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B