#A5B22B#A5B22B

#A5B22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.152 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B22B
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -21.07, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 65.93, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0644 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.152 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8744, 40.0151, 8.3296)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B22B #382BB2

analogous

#B27B2B #A5B22B #61B22B

triadic

#A5B22B #2BA5B2 #B22BA5

tetradic

#A5B22B #2BB27B #382BB2 #B22B61

square

#A5B22B #2BB27B #382BB2 #B22B61

split-complementary

#A5B22B #2B61B2 #7B2BB2

monochromatic

#4A4F13 #77811F #A5B22B #C5D348 #D5DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A5B22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B22B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B22B	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)

#BFA908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.152 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c86f',
    500: '#a5b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b22b;
$custom-light: #c3c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B22B

secondary

#7A72C7

accent

#44E453

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B22B

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

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