#A5B138#A5B138

#A5B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B138
RGB	rgb(165, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -19.90, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 60.97, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0599 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.143 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9538, 39.7297, 9.7259)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B138 #4438B1

analogous

#B18038 #A5B138 #69B138

triadic

#A5B138 #38A5B1 #B138A5

tetradic

#A5B138 #38B180 #4438B1 #B13869

square

#A5B138 #38B180 #4438B1 #B13869

split-complementary

#A5B138 #3869B1 #8038B1

monochromatic

#4E541B #7A8329 #A5B138 #C0CB5B #D2DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A5B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B138

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B138	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c876',
    500: '#a5b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b138;
$custom-light: #c3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B138

secondary

#8781C4

accent

#4CDB5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B138

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

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