#A5B349#A5B349

#A5B349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B349
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -19.75, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 54.89, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0578 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.132 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8404, 40.7210, 12.4320)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B349 #5749B3

analogous

#B38C49 #A5B349 #70B349

triadic

#A5B349 #49A5B3 #B349A5

tetradic

#A5B349 #49B38C #5749B3 #B34970

square

#A5B349 #49B38C #5749B3 #B34970

split-complementary

#A5B349 #4970B3 #8C49B3

monochromatic

#555C26 #7D8837 #A5B349 #BBC673 #D0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A5B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A5B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B349

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B349	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c980',
    500: '#a5b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b349;
$custom-light: #c2c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.925,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73439,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B349

secondary

#9A93C4

accent

#56D266

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B349

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

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