#a5a52a

Color #a5a52a

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a52a

RGB

rgb(165, 165, 42)

HSL

hsl(60, 59.4%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 74.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.5%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.81, -14.51, 59.39)

LCH

lch(65.81, 61.14, 103.73)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1385, 109.48)

HWB

hwb(60, 16.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a2aa5

Analogous

#a5682a

#a5a52a

#68a52a

Triadic

#a5a52a

#2aa5a5

#a52aa5

Split-complementary

#a5a52a

#2a68a5

#682aa5

Tetradic

#a5a52a

#2aa52a

#2a2aa5

#a52aa5

Square

#a5a52a

#2aa568

#2a2aa5

#a52a68

Shades

Color #a5a52a mixed toward black.

#8a8a23

#6e6e1c

#535315

#37370e

#1c1c07

Tints

Color #a5a52a mixed toward white.

#cccc36

#d6d65e

#e0e086

#ebebaf

#f5f5d7

Tones

Color #a5a52a mixed toward gray.

#9b9b34

#91913f

#868649

#7c7c53

#72725d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a55d · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#a5a565 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#a57479 · ΔE 40.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a52a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a52a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5a52a (#a5a52a) is rgb(165, 165, 42) in RGB.

No, #a5a52a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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