#A5B040#A5B040

#A5B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B040
RGB	rgb(165, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -18.89, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 57.34, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0563 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.135 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9686, 39.4207, 10.7744)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B040 #4B40B0

analogous

#B08340 #A5B040 #6DB040

triadic

#A5B040 #40A5B0 #B040A5

tetradic

#A5B040 #40B083 #4B40B0 #B0406D

square

#A5B040 #40B083 #4B40B0 #B0406D

split-complementary

#A5B040 #406DB0 #8340B0

monochromatic

#51561F #7B8330 #A5B040 #BEC766 #D1D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A5B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B040

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B040	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c77a',
    500: '#a5b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b040;
$custom-light: #c2c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.893,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B040

secondary

#8F89C3

accent

#51D65F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B040

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

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