#A5B229#A5B229

#A5B229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.153 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B229
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -21.16, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 66.56, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0648 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.153 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8386, 40.0008, 8.1411)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B229 #3629B2

analogous

#B27A29 #A5B229 #61B229

triadic

#A5B229 #29A5B2 #B229A5

tetradic

#A5B229 #29B27A #3629B2 #B22961

square

#A5B229 #29B27A #3629B2 #B22961

split-complementary

#A5B229 #2961B2 #7A29B2

monochromatic

#494F12 #77801E #A5B229 #C6D444 #D5DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A5B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B229

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B229	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.153 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c86e',
    500: '#a5b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b229;
$custom-light: #c3c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B229

secondary

#7870C7

accent

#42E652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B229

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

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