#A5AA36#A5AA36

#A5AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA36
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -16.47, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 58.76, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0505 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.136 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5586, 37.0159, 9.0243)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA36 #3B36AA

analogous

#AA7536 #A5AA36 #6BAA36

triadic

#A5AA36 #36A5AA #AA36A5

tetradic

#A5AA36 #36AA75 #3B36AA #AA366B

square

#A5AA36 #36AA75 #3B36AA #AA366B

split-complementary

#A5AA36 #366BAA #7536AA

monochromatic

#4B4D18 #787C27 #A5AA36 #C4C954 #D4D883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A5AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA36

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA36	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)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c374',
    500: '#a5aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa36;
$custom-light: #c3c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA36

secondary

#7E7BC1

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA36

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

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