#A5B231#A5B231

#A5B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.148 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B231
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -20.79, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 63.94, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0631 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.148 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9927, 40.0624, 8.9526)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B231 #3E31B2

analogous

#B27F31 #A5B231 #64B231

triadic

#A5B231 #31A5B2 #B231A5

tetradic

#A5B231 #31B27F #3E31B2 #B23164

square

#A5B231 #31B27F #3E31B2 #B23164

split-complementary

#A5B231 #3164B2 #7F31B2

monochromatic

#4C5217 #798224 #A5B231 #C2CF51 #D3DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A5B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B231

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B231	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.148 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c872',
    500: '#a5b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b231;
$custom-light: #c3c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.047,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B231

secondary

#8179C5

accent

#48E057

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B231

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

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