#A5AB42#A5AB42

#A5AB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AB42
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -16.21, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 54.27, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0486 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.128 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0641, 37.5192, 10.7587)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AB42 #4842AB

analogous

#AB7D42 #A5AB42 #71AB42

triadic

#A5AB42 #42A5AB #AB42A5

tetradic

#A5AB42 #42AB7D #4842AB #AB4271

square

#A5AB42 #42AB7D #4842AB #AB4271

split-complementary

#A5AB42 #4271AB #7D42AB

monochromatic

#505320 #7A7F31 #A5AB42 #BFC466 #D1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A5AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A5AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AB42

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AB42	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c37b',
    500: '#a5ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ab42;
$custom-light: #c2c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AB42

secondary

#8C88C0

accent

#54D45B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AB42

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

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