#A5B238#A5B238

#A5B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.144 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B238
RGB	rgb(165, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -20.40, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 61.40, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0613 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.144 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1521, 40.1262, 9.7920)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B238 #4538B2

analogous

#B28238 #A5B238 #68B238

triadic

#A5B238 #38A5B2 #B238A5

tetradic

#A5B238 #38B282 #4538B2 #B23868

square

#A5B238 #38B282 #4538B2 #B23868

split-complementary

#A5B238 #3868B2 #8238B2

monochromatic

#4F551B #7A8329 #A5B238 #C0CC5C #D2DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A5B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B238

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B238	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.144 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c876',
    500: '#a5b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b238;
$custom-light: #c3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.393,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B238

secondary

#8881C5

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B238

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

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