#a5a500

Color #a5a500

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 18.19 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a500

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.68, -15.56, 68.21)

LCH

lch(65.68, 69.96, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.1524, 109.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000a5

Analogous

#a55300

#a5a500

#53a500

Triadic

#a5a500

#00a5a5

#a500a5

Split-complementary

#a5a500

#0053a5

#5300a5

Tetradic

#a5a500

#00a500

#0000a5

#a500a5

Square

#a5a500

#00a553

#0000a5

#a50053

Shades

Color #a5a500 mixed toward black.

#8a8a00

#6e6e00

#535300

#373700

#1c1c00

Tints

Color #a5a500 mixed toward white.

#dfdf00

#ffff19

#ffff53

#ffff8c

#ffffc6

Tones

Color #a5a500 mixed toward gray.

#97970e

#8a8a1c

#7c7c29

#6e6e37

#606045

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a555 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a55e · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#a57075 · ΔE 43.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a500]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5a500 (#a5a500) is rgb(165, 165, 0) in RGB.

No, #a5a500 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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