#A5AD2A#A5AD2A

#A5AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.147 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD2A
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -18.60, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 64.24, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0576 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.147 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8795, 38.0543, 7.9086)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD2A #322AAD

analogous

#AD742A #A5AD2A #64AD2A

triadic

#A5AD2A #2AA5AD #AD2AA5

tetradic

#A5AD2A #2AAD74 #322AAD #AD2A64

square

#A5AD2A #2AAD74 #322AAD #AD2A64

split-complementary

#A5AD2A #2A64AD #742AAD

monochromatic

#474B12 #767C1E #A5AD2A #C9D143 #D7DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A5AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD2A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD2A	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)

#BAA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.147 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c56e',
    500: '#a5ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad2a;
$custom-light: #c3c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD2A

secondary

#736EC5

accent

#44E44E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD2A

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

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