#A5B351#A5B351

#A5B351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B351
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -19.09, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 51.31, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0551 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.124 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1229, 40.8340, 13.9198)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B351 #5F51B3

analogous

#B39051 #A5B351 #74B351

triadic

#A5B351 #51A5B3 #B351A5

tetradic

#A5B351 #51B390 #5F51B3 #B35174

square

#A5B351 #51B390 #5F51B3 #B35174

split-complementary

#A5B351 #5174B3 #9051B3

monochromatic

#58602A #7F8A3C #A5B351 #BBC67C #D1D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A5B351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B351

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B351	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c985',
    500: '#a5b351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b351;
$custom-light: #c2c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B351

secondary

#A09AC6

accent

#59CF6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B351

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

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