#A5B316#A5B316

#A5B316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.161 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B316
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -22.27, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 71.68, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0691 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.161 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7830, 40.2980, 6.8629)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B316 #2416B3

analogous

#B37216 #A5B316 #57B316

triadic

#A5B316 #16A5B3 #B316A5

tetradic

#A5B316 #16B372 #2416B3 #B31657

square

#A5B316 #16B372 #2416B3 #B31657

split-complementary

#A5B316 #1657B3 #7216B3

monochromatic

#414609 #737C0F #A5B316 #D3E422 #DEEB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A5B316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A5B316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B316

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B316	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AB2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.161 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c968',
    500: '#a5b316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b316;
$custom-light: #c4c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.35,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B316

secondary

#6257CE

accent

#33F544

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B316

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

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