#A5A927#A5A927

#A5A927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.144 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A927
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -16.70, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 63.63, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0526 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.144 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0723, 36.5225, 7.3845)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A927 #2B27A9

analogous

#A96C27 #A5A927 #64A927

triadic

#A5A927 #27A5A9 #A927A5

tetradic

#A5A927 #27A96C #2B27A9 #A92764

square

#A5A927 #27A96C #2B27A9 #A92764

split-complementary

#A5A927 #2764A9 #6C27A9

monochromatic

#444610 #74771C #A5A927 #CDD23B #DADD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A5A927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A5A927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A927

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A927	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)

#B7A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.144 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c26c',
    500: '#a5a927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a927;
$custom-light: #c3c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A927

secondary

#6B68C4

accent

#42E647

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A927

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

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