#A5B318#A5B318

#A5B318 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.161 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B318
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -22.22, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 71.29, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0689 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.161 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8030, 40.3060, 6.9685)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B318 #2618B3

analogous

#B37318 #A5B318 #58B318

triadic

#A5B318 #18A5B3 #B318A5

tetradic

#A5B318 #18B373 #2618B3 #B31858

square

#A5B318 #18B373 #2618B3 #B31858

split-complementary

#A5B318 #1858B3 #7318B3

monochromatic

#42470A #737D11 #A5B318 #D1E226 #DCE95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A5B318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A5B318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B318

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B318	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)

#C0AB2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.161 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c968',
    500: '#a5b318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b318;
$custom-light: #c4c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.419,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B318

secondary

#645ACD

accent

#35F346

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B318

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

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