#A5AB31#A5AB31

#A5AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.141 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AB31
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -17.25, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 61.04, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0532 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.141 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6353, 37.3476, 8.5002)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AB31 #3731AB

analogous

#AB7431 #A5AB31 #68AB31

triadic

#A5AB31 #31A5AB #AB31A5

tetradic

#A5AB31 #31AB74 #3731AB #AB3168

square

#A5AB31 #31AB74 #3731AB #AB3168

split-complementary

#A5AB31 #3168AB #7431AB

monochromatic

#494C16 #777B23 #A5AB31 #C6CC4D #D5DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A5AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A5AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AB31

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AB31	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.141 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c371',
    500: '#a5ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ab31;
$custom-light: #c3c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AB31

secondary

#7975C2

accent

#49DF50

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AB31

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

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