#A5AD21#A5AD21

#A5AD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.151 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD21
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -18.95, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 66.90, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0593 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.151 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7362, 37.9970, 7.1536)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD21 #2921AD

analogous

#AD6F21 #A5AD21 #5FAD21

triadic

#A5AD21 #21A5AD #AD21A5

tetradic

#A5AD21 #21AD6F #2921AD #AD215F

square

#A5AD21 #21AD6F #2921AD #AD215F

split-complementary

#A5AD21 #215FAD #6F21AD

monochromatic

#43460D #747A17 #A5AD21 #CFD833 #DBE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A5AD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD21

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD21	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.151 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c56a',
    500: '#a5ad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad21;
$custom-light: #c4c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD21

secondary

#6862C7

accent

#3DEB47

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD21

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

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