#A5B042#A5B042

#A5B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B042
RGB	rgb(165, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -18.76, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 56.51, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0557 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.134 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0265, 39.4439, 11.0795)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B042 #4D42B0

analogous

#B08442 #A5B042 #6EB042

triadic

#A5B042 #42A5B0 #B042A5

tetradic

#A5B042 #42B084 #4D42B0 #B0426E

square

#A5B042 #42B084 #4D42B0 #B0426E

split-complementary

#A5B042 #426EB0 #8442B0

monochromatic

#525721 #7B8331 #A5B042 #BDC769 #D1D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A5B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B042

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B042	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c77b',
    500: '#a5b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b042;
$custom-light: #c2c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B042

secondary

#908BC3

accent

#53D560

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B042

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

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