#A5B049#A5B049

#A5B049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B049
RGB	rgb(165, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -18.24, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 53.48, 109.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0535 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.128 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2457, 39.5315, 12.2337)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B049 #5449B0

analogous

#B08849 #A5B049 #72B049

triadic

#A5B049 #49A5B0 #B049A5

tetradic

#A5B049 #49B088 #5449B0 #B04972

square

#A5B049 #49B088 #5449B0 #B04972

split-complementary

#A5B049 #4972B0 #8849B0

monochromatic

#545925 #7C8537 #A5B049 #BCC472 #D0D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5B049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A5B049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B049

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B049	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c780',
    500: '#a5b049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b049;
$custom-light: #c2c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.408,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B049

secondary

#9792C3

accent

#57D164

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B049

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

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