#A5AD23#A5AD23

#A5AD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.150 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD23
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -18.88, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 66.35, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.059 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.15 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7650, 38.0085, 7.3055)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD23 #2B23AD

analogous

#AD7023 #A5AD23 #60AD23

triadic

#A5AD23 #23A5AD #AD23A5

tetradic

#A5AD23 #23AD70 #2B23AD #AD2360

square

#A5AD23 #23AD70 #2B23AD #AD2360

split-complementary

#A5AD23 #2360AD #7023AD

monochromatic

#44470E #747A19 #A5AD23 #CDD637 #DAE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A5AD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD23

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD23	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)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.150 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c56b',
    500: '#a5ad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad23;
$custom-light: #c3c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71791,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD23

secondary

#6B65C7

accent

#3FE948

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD23

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

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