#A5AD2E#A5AD2E

#A5AD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.145 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD2E
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -18.42, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 62.91, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0568 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.145 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9547, 38.0844, 8.3046)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD2E #362EAD

analogous

#AD762E #A5AD2E #65AD2E

triadic

#A5AD2E #2EA5AD #AD2EA5

tetradic

#A5AD2E #2EAD76 #362EAD #AD2E65

square

#A5AD2E #2EAD76 #362EAD #AD2E65

split-complementary

#A5AD2E #2E65AD #762EAD

monochromatic

#494C14 #777D21 #A5AD2E #C6CF49 #D5DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A5AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD2E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD2E	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)

#BAA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c570',
    500: '#a5ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad2e;
$custom-light: #c3c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD2E

secondary

#7873C4

accent

#47E150

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD2E

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

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