#A5AB38#A5AB38

#A5AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AB38
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -16.87, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 58.40, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0514 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.136 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7947, 37.4114, 9.3395)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AB38 #3E38AB

analogous

#AB7738 #A5AB38 #6CAB38

triadic

#A5AB38 #38A5AB #AB38A5

tetradic

#A5AB38 #38AB77 #3E38AB #AB386C

square

#A5AB38 #38AB77 #3E38AB #AB386C

split-complementary

#A5AB38 #386CAB #7738AB

monochromatic

#4C4F1A #797D29 #A5AB38 #C2C858 #D3D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A5AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A5AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AB38

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AB38	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c375',
    500: '#a5ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ab38;
$custom-light: #c3c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.13,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AB38

secondary

#817DC1

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AB38

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

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