#A5B237#A5B237

#A5B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B237
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -20.46, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 61.78, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0616 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.144 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1279, 40.1165, 9.6645)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B237 #4437B2

analogous

#B28137 #A5B237 #68B237

triadic

#A5B237 #37A5B2 #B237A5

tetradic

#A5B237 #37B281 #4437B2 #B23768

square

#A5B237 #37B281 #4437B2 #B23768

split-complementary

#A5B237 #3768B2 #8137B2

monochromatic

#4E541A #7A8329 #A5B237 #C0CC5A #D2DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A5B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B237

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B237	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c875',
    500: '#a5b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b237;
$custom-light: #c3c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.341,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73049,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B237

secondary

#8780C5

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B237

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

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