#A5AE25#A5AE25

#A5AE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE25
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -19.31, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 66.16, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.06 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.15 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9880, 38.4057, 7.5306)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE25 #2E25AE

analogous

#AE7325 #A5AE25 #61AE25

triadic

#A5AE25 #25A5AE #AE25A5

tetradic

#A5AE25 #25AE73 #2E25AE #AE2561

square

#A5AE25 #25AE73 #2E25AE #AE2561

split-complementary

#A5AE25 #2561AE #7325AE

monochromatic

#454910 #757C1A #A5AE25 #CBD53B #D8E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A5AE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE25

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE25	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66c',
    500: '#a5ae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae25;
$custom-light: #c3c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE25

secondary

#6F68C6

accent

#40E84B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE25

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

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