#A5B427#A5B427

#A5B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B427
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -22.23, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 67.96, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0679 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2054, 40.7888, 8.0955)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B427 #3627B4

analogous

#B47C27 #A5B427 #5EB427

triadic

#A5B427 #27A5B4 #B427A5

tetradic

#A5B427 #27B47C #3627B4 #B4275E

square

#A5B427 #27B47C #3627B4 #B4275E

split-complementary

#A5B427 #275EB4 #7C27B4

monochromatic

#494F11 #77821C #A5B427 #C6D642 #D5E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A5B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B427

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B427	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca6e',
    500: '#a5b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b427;
$custom-light: #c3ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B427

secondary

#786FC8

accent

#40E752

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B427

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

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