#A5B42D#A5B42D

#A5B42D 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 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B42D
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -21.97, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 66.12, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0667 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.153 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3128, 40.8318, 8.6612)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B42D #3C2DB4

analogous

#B4802D #A5B42D #62B42D

triadic

#A5B42D #2DA5B4 #B42DA5

tetradic

#A5B42D #2DB480 #3C2DB4 #B42D62

square

#A5B42D #2DB480 #3C2DB4 #B42D62

split-complementary

#A5B42D #2D62B4 #802DB4

monochromatic

#4B5215 #788321 #A5B42D #C3D24C #D4DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A5B42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B42D

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B42D	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)

#C1AA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.153 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca71',
    500: '#a5b42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b42d;
$custom-light: #c3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B42D

secondary

#7F76C7

accent

#45E356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B42D

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

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