#A5AD2D#A5AD2D

#A5AD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD2D
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -18.47, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 63.25, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.057 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.145 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9352, 38.0766, 8.2020)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD2D #352DAD

analogous

#AD752D #A5AD2D #65AD2D

triadic

#A5AD2D #2DA5AD #AD2DA5

tetradic

#A5AD2D #2DAD75 #352DAD #AD2D65

square

#A5AD2D #2DAD75 #352DAD #AD2D65

split-complementary

#A5AD2D #2D65AD #752DAD

monochromatic

#484C14 #777C20 #A5AD2D #C7CF48 #D6DC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A5AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD2D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD2D	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c570',
    500: '#a5ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad2d;
$custom-light: #c3c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD2D

secondary

#7772C4

accent

#46E250

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD2D

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

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