#A5B416#A5B416

#A5B416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.162 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B416
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -22.76, 68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 72.05, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0704 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.162 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9841, 40.7003, 6.9300)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B416 #2516B4

analogous

#B47416 #A5B416 #56B416

triadic

#A5B416 #16A5B4 #B416A5

tetradic

#A5B416 #16B474 #2516B4 #B41656

square

#A5B416 #16B474 #2516B4 #B41656

split-complementary

#A5B416 #1656B4 #7416B4

monochromatic

#414709 #737D0F #A5B416 #D2E423 #DDEB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A5B416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A5B416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B416

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B416	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.162 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ca68',
    500: '#a5b416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b416;
$custom-light: #c4ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.696,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B416

secondary

#6358CE

accent

#33F545

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B416

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

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