Information about #A5A018 color

#A5A018 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A5A018 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(165, 160, 24) — 64.7% red, 62.7% green, 9.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 55 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A5A018 reads as a strongly colored sunny yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Vomit (#A2A415). Slightly further away sit Lucky (#AB9A1C) and Citron (#9FA91F).

The recipe behind #A5A018 is rgb(165, 160, 24), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A5A018 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A5A018 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A5A018 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A5A018

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Limelight color link
Limelight

#99AD25

Puke color link
Puke

#A5A502

Impromptu color link
Impromptu

#9BB123

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A5A018
  • RGB165, 160, 24
  • CMYK0, 2, 55, 35
  • CSSrgb(165, 160, 24)
  • HSL58°, 75%, 37%
  • HSL Precise57.872°, 74.603%, 37.059%
  • HSV58°, 85%, 65%
  • HSB58°, 85%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.094
  • GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.627, 0.094)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.627, 0.094, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.627, 0.094)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB9.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA5A018
  • DECIMAL ID10854424
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01