#A5AA22#A5AA22

#A5AA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.148 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA22
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -17.40, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 65.49, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0549 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.148 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1816, 36.8651, 7.0388)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA22 #2722AA

analogous

#AA6B22 #A5AA22 #61AA22

triadic

#A5AA22 #22A5AA #AA22A5

tetradic

#A5AA22 #22AA6B #2722AA #AA2261

square

#A5AA22 #22AA6B #2722AA #AA2261

split-complementary

#A5AA22 #2261AA #6B22AA

monochromatic

#42440E #747718 #A5AA22 #D0D633 #DCE066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A5AA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A5AA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA22

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA22	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.148 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c36a',
    500: '#a5aa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa22;
$custom-light: #c3c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA22

secondary

#6662C6

accent

#3EEA45

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA22

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

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