#A5B149#A5B149
#A5B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A5B149 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 177, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 42%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 59%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.42, -18.74, 50.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.42, 53.95, 110.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.99% -0.0549 0.1168) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.99% 0.129 115.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.4424, 39.9251, 12.2993) |
| Luminance | 0.3992 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.27
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 4.62
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 4.72
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.76
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 5.05
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A5B149 #5549B1
analogous
#B18949 #A5B149 #71B149
triadic
#A5B149 #49A5B1 #B149A5
tetradic
#A5B149 #49B189 #5549B1 #B14971
square
#A5B149 #49B189 #5549B1 #B14971
split-complementary
#A5B149 #4971B1 #8949B1
monochromatic
#545A25 #7D8637 #A5B149 #BBC572 #D0D79E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#A5B149 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#A5B149 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A5B149
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A5B149 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A5B149 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA93E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFA89B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a5b149; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 177, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 115.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c880',
500: '#a5b149',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a5b149; $custom-light: #c2c880; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a5b149",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 177,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.923,
"s": 41.6,
"l": 49.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72987,
"c": 0.12911,
"h": 115.2
},
"luminance": 0.39925
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A5B149
secondary
#9892C3
accent
#56D165
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F8F8EF
border
#D1D1CA
text
#13130A
muted
#82827C