#A5AA33#A5AA33

#A5AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.138 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA33
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -16.64, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 59.90, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0513 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.138 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4903, 36.9885, 8.6647)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA33 #3833AA

analogous

#AA7333 #A5AA33 #69AA33

triadic

#A5AA33 #33A5AA #AA33A5

tetradic

#A5AA33 #33AA73 #3833AA #AA3369

square

#A5AA33 #33AA73 #3833AA #AA3369

split-complementary

#A5AA33 #3369AA #7333AA

monochromatic

#4A4C17 #777B25 #A5AA33 #C5CA50 #D5D97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A5AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA33

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA33	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c372',
    500: '#a5aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa33;
$custom-light: #c3c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA33

secondary

#7A77C2

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA33

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

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