#A5AA3E#A5AA3E
#A5AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A5AA3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 170, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 47%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 64%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.35, -15.98, 53.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.35, 55.53, 106.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.3% -0.0483 0.1209) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.3% 0.13 111.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7621, 37.0973, 10.0965) |
| Luminance | 0.3710 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.82
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.31
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.62
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.82
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 5.19
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A5AA3E #433EAA
analogous
#AA793E #A5AA3E #6FAA3E
triadic
#A5AA3E #3EA5AA #AA3EA5
tetradic
#A5AA3E #3EAA79 #433EAA #AA3E6F
square
#A5AA3E #3EAA79 #433EAA #AA3E6F
split-complementary
#A5AA3E #3E6FAA #793EAA
monochromatic
#4E501D #797D2E #A5AA3E #C0C560 #D2D58D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.49
#A5AA3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.42
#A5AA3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A5AA3E
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A5AA3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A5AA3E | 1.00 | 2.49 | 8.42 | 8.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A330
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A545
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0A094
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a5aa3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 111.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c379',
500: '#a5aa3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a5aa3e; $custom-light: #c2c379; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a5aa3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 170,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.778,
"s": 46.552,
"l": 45.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71303,
"c": 0.13015,
"h": 111.8
},
"luminance": 0.37097
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A5AA3E
secondary
#8684C0
accent
#52D658
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7EE
border
#D1D0C9
text
#131209
muted
#82817B