#A5AD44#A5AD44

#A5AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD44
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -17.09, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 54.30, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0508 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.129 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5048, 38.3044, 11.2016)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD44 #4C44AD

analogous

#AD8044 #A5AD44 #71AD44

triadic

#A5AD44 #44A5AD #AD44A5

tetradic

#A5AD44 #44AD80 #4C44AD #AD4471

square

#A5AD44 #44AD80 #4C44AD #AD4471

split-complementary

#A5AD44 #4471AD #8044AD

monochromatic

#515521 #7B8133 #A5AD44 #BDC46A #D1D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A5AD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD44

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD44	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c57c',
    500: '#a5ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad44;
$custom-light: #c2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD44

secondary

#8F8BC1

accent

#54D35E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD44

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

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