#A5AA37#A5AA37

#A5AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA37
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -16.41, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 58.37, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0503 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.135 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5823, 37.0253, 9.1493)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA37 #3C37AA

analogous

#AA7637 #A5AA37 #6CAA37

triadic

#A5AA37 #37A5AA #AA37A5

tetradic

#A5AA37 #37AA76 #3C37AA #AA376C

square

#A5AA37 #37AA76 #3C37AA #AA376C

split-complementary

#A5AA37 #376CAA #7637AA

monochromatic

#4B4E19 #787C28 #A5AA37 #C3C856 #D4D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A5AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA37

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA37	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)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c375',
    500: '#a5aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa37;
$custom-light: #c3c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71242,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA37

secondary

#7F7CC1

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA37

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

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