#A5B221#A5B221

#A5B221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.156 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B221
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -21.46, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 68.82, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0662 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.156 115)
XYZ	xyz(31.7129, 39.9505, 7.4792)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B221 #2E21B2

analogous

#B27721 #A5B221 #5DB221

triadic

#A5B221 #21A5B2 #B221A5

tetradic

#A5B221 #21B277 #2E21B2 #B2215D

square

#A5B221 #21B277 #2E21B2 #B2215D

split-complementary

#A5B221 #215DB2 #7721B2

monochromatic

#454B0E #757E17 #A5B221 #CBDA36 #D9E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5B221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A5B221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B221

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B221	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)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.156 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c86b',
    500: '#a5b221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b221;
$custom-light: #c4c86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B221

secondary

#6F66C9

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B221

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

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