#A5B42A#A5B42A

#A5B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.154 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B42A
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -22.11, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 67.07, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0673 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.154 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2571, 40.8095, 8.3678)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B42A #392AB4

analogous

#B47E2A #A5B42A #60B42A

triadic

#A5B42A #2AA5B4 #B42AA5

tetradic

#A5B42A #2AB47E #392AB4 #B42A60

square

#A5B42A #2AB47E #392AB4 #B42A60

split-complementary

#A5B42A #2A60B4 #7E2AB4

monochromatic

#4A5113 #78821E #A5B42A #C5D447 #D4E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A5B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B42A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B42A	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)

#C1AA03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.154 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca6f',
    500: '#a5b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b42a;
$custom-light: #c3ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73418,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B42A

secondary

#7B72C8

accent

#43E554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B42A

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

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