#A5AC37#A5AC37

#A5AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AC37
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -17.43, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 59.21, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0531 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.138 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9601, 37.7809, 9.2752)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AC37 #3E37AC

analogous

#AC7937 #A5AC37 #6AAC37

triadic

#A5AC37 #37A5AC #AC37A5

tetradic

#A5AC37 #37AC79 #3E37AC #AC376A

square

#A5AC37 #37AC79 #3E37AC #AC376A

split-complementary

#A5AC37 #376AAC #7937AC

monochromatic

#4C4F19 #797E28 #A5AC37 #C2C957 #D3D885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A5AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A5AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AC37

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AC37	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c475',
    500: '#a5ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ac37;
$custom-light: #c3c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AC37

secondary

#817DC2

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AC37

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

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