#A5A922#A5A922

#A5A922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.147 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A922
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -16.89, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 65.12, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0535 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.147 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9948, 36.4916, 6.9766)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A922 #2622A9

analogous

#A96A22 #A5A922 #61A922

triadic

#A5A922 #22A5A9 #A922A5

tetradic

#A5A922 #22A96A #2622A9 #A92261

square

#A5A922 #22A96A #2622A9 #A92261

split-complementary

#A5A922 #2261A9 #6A22A9

monochromatic

#42430D #737618 #A5A922 #D1D632 #DCE065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A5A922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A5A922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A922

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A922	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.147 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c26a',
    500: '#a5a922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a922;
$custom-light: #c3c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A922

secondary

#6461C5

accent

#3EE943

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A922

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

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