#A5AD36#A5AD36

#A5AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD36
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -18.00, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 60.01, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0548 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.139 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1274, 38.1535, 9.2139)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD36 #3E36AD

analogous

#AD7A36 #A5AD36 #69AD36

triadic

#A5AD36 #36A5AD #AD36A5

tetradic

#A5AD36 #36AD7A #3E36AD #AD3669

square

#A5AD36 #36AD7A #3E36AD #AD3669

split-complementary

#A5AD36 #3669AD #7A36AD

monochromatic

#4C5019 #797E27 #A5AD36 #C2CA56 #D3D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A5AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A5AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD36

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD36	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c574',
    500: '#a5ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad36;
$custom-light: #c3c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD36

secondary

#817CC2

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD36

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

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