#A5B321#A5B321

#A5B321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.158 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B321
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -21.96, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 69.21, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0676 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.158 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9126, 40.3499, 7.5457)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B321 #2F21B3

analogous

#B37821 #A5B321 #5CB321

triadic

#A5B321 #21A5B3 #B321A5

tetradic

#A5B321 #21B378 #2F21B3 #B3215C

square

#A5B321 #21B378 #2F21B3 #B3215C

split-complementary

#A5B321 #215CB3 #7821B3

monochromatic

#464C0E #757F17 #A5B321 #CBDA37 #D8E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A5B321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A5B321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B321

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B321	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.158 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c96b',
    500: '#a5b321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b321;
$custom-light: #c4c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B321

secondary

#7066CA

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B321

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

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