#A5B021#A5B021

#A5B021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.154 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B021
RGB	rgb(165, 176, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 81.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -20.46, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 68.05, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0635 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.154 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3179, 39.1604, 7.3475)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B021 #2C21B0

analogous

#B07321 #A5B021 #5EB021

triadic

#A5B021 #21A5B0 #B021A5

tetradic

#A5B021 #21B073 #2C21B0 #B0215E

square

#A5B021 #21B073 #2C21B0 #B0215E

split-complementary

#A5B021 #215EB0 #7321B0

monochromatic

#44490E #757C17 #A5B021 #CDD935 #D9E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A5B021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A5B021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B021

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B021	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 176, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.154 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c76b',
    500: '#a5b021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b021;
$custom-light: #c4c76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B021

secondary

#6C64C8

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B021

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

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