#A5AF27#A5AF27

#A5AF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.150 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AF27
RGB	rgb(165, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -19.74, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 65.96, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.061 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.151 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2142, 38.8064, 7.7651)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AF27 #3127AF

analogous

#AF7527 #A5AF27 #61AF27

triadic

#A5AF27 #27A5AF #AF27A5

tetradic

#A5AF27 #27AF75 #3127AF #AF2761

square

#A5AF27 #27AF75 #3127AF #AF2761

split-complementary

#A5AF27 #2761AF #7527AF

monochromatic

#474B11 #767D1C #A5AF27 #C9D43F #D7DF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A5AF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A5AF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AF27

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AF27	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5af27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.150 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66d',
    500: '#a5af27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5af27;
$custom-light: #c3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5af27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72265,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AF27

secondary

#726BC6

accent

#41E74D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AF27

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

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