#A5AD27#A5AD27

#A5AD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.148 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD27
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -18.73, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 65.18, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0582 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.148 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8278, 38.0337, 7.6363)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD27 #2F27AD

analogous

#AD7227 #A5AD27 #62AD27

triadic

#A5AD27 #27A5AD #AD27A5

tetradic

#A5AD27 #27AD72 #2F27AD #AD2762

square

#A5AD27 #27AD72 #2F27AD #AD2762

split-complementary

#A5AD27 #2762AD #7227AD

monochromatic

#464910 #757B1C #A5AD27 #CBD33E #D8DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A5AD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD27

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD27	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.148 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c56d',
    500: '#a5ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad27;
$custom-light: #c3c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71811,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD27

secondary

#706AC6

accent

#42E64B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD27

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

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