#A5B42E#A5B42E

#A5B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.152 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B42E
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -21.93, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 65.79, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0665 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.152 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3323, 40.8396, 8.7638)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B42E #3D2EB4

analogous

#B4802E #A5B42E #62B42E

triadic

#A5B42E #2EA5B4 #B42EA5

tetradic

#A5B42E #2EB480 #3D2EB4 #B42E62

square

#A5B42E #2EB480 #3D2EB4 #B42E62

split-complementary

#A5B42E #2E62B4 #802EB4

monochromatic

#4C5315 #788322 #A5B42E #C3D24E #D3DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A5B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B42E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B42E	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)

#C1AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.152 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca71',
    500: '#a5b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b42e;
$custom-light: #c3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B42E

secondary

#8077C7

accent

#45E257

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B42E

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

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