#A5B42C#A5B42C

#A5B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.153 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B42C
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -22.02, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 66.44, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0669 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.153 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2938, 40.8242, 8.5610)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B42C #3B2CB4

analogous

#B47F2C #A5B42C #61B42C

triadic

#A5B42C #2CA5B4 #B42CA5

tetradic

#A5B42C #2CB47F #3B2CB4 #B42C61

square

#A5B42C #2CB47F #3B2CB4 #B42C61

split-complementary

#A5B42C #2C61B4 #7F2CB4

monochromatic

#4B5214 #788320 #A5B42C #C4D34A #D4DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A5B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B42C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B42C	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)

#C1AA0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.153 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca70',
    500: '#a5b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b42c;
$custom-light: #c3ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.618,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B42C

secondary

#7E75C7

accent

#44E456

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B42C

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

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