#A5AF21#A5AF21

#A5AF21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.153 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AF21
RGB	rgb(165, 175, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 81.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -19.96, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 67.66, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0621 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.153 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1225, 38.7697, 7.2824)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AF21 #2B21AF

analogous

#AF7221 #A5AF21 #5EAF21

triadic

#A5AF21 #21A5AF #AF21A5

tetradic

#A5AF21 #21AF72 #2B21AF #AF215E

square

#A5AF21 #21AF72 #2B21AF #AF215E

split-complementary

#A5AF21 #215EAF #7221AF

monochromatic

#44480E #747C17 #A5AF21 #CDD934 #DAE368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AF21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A5AF21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AF21

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AF21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AF21	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5af21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 175, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.153 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c66b',
    500: '#a5af21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5af21;
$custom-light: #c4c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5af21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72235,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AF21

secondary

#6B64C8

accent

#3DEB49

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AF21

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

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