#A5AD37#A5AD37

#A5AD37 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	#A5AD37
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -17.94, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 59.63, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0546 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.139 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1511, 38.1630, 9.3389)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD37 #3F37AD

analogous

#AD7A37 #A5AD37 #6AAD37

triadic

#A5AD37 #37A5AD #AD37A5

tetradic

#A5AD37 #37AD7A #3F37AD #AD376A

square

#A5AD37 #37AD7A #3F37AD #AD376A

split-complementary

#A5AD37 #376AAD #7A37AD

monochromatic

#4C5019 #797F28 #A5AD37 #C2CA57 #D3D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A5AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A5AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD37

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD37	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c575',
    500: '#a5ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad37;
$custom-light: #c3c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71918,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD37

secondary

#827DC2

accent

#4DDB56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD37

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

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