#A5B331#A5B331

#A5B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B331
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -21.28, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 64.36, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0644 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.149 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1924, 40.4618, 9.0192)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B331 #3F31B3

analogous

#B38031 #A5B331 #64B331

triadic

#A5B331 #31A5B3 #B331A5

tetradic

#A5B331 #31B380 #3F31B3 #B33164

square

#A5B331 #31B380 #3F31B3 #B33164

split-complementary

#A5B331 #3164B3 #8031B3

monochromatic

#4C5317 #798324 #A5B331 #C2D052 #D3DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A5B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A5B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B331

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B331	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c972',
    500: '#a5b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b331;
$custom-light: #c3c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73234,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B331

secondary

#827AC6

accent

#48E058

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B331

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

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