#A5AA27#A5AA27

#A5AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA27
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -17.21, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 64.01, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.054 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.145 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2590, 36.8960, 7.4467)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA27 #2C27AA

analogous

#AA6D27 #A5AA27 #63AA27

triadic

#A5AA27 #27A5AA #AA27A5

tetradic

#A5AA27 #27AA6D #2C27AA #AA2763

square

#A5AA27 #27AA6D #2C27AA #AA2763

split-complementary

#A5AA27 #2763AA #6D27AA

monochromatic

#444610 #75781C #A5AA27 #CDD23C #D9DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A5AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A5AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA27

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA27	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c36d',
    500: '#a5aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa27;
$custom-light: #c3c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA27

secondary

#6C69C4

accent

#42E648

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA27

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

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