#A5B437#A5B437

#A5B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.147 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B437
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -21.46, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 62.65, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0644 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.147 116)
XYZ	xyz(32.5287, 40.9182, 9.7981)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B437 #4637B4

analogous

#B48437 #A5B437 #66B437

triadic

#A5B437 #37A5B4 #B437A5

tetradic

#A5B437 #37B484 #4637B4 #B43766

square

#A5B437 #37B484 #4637B4 #B43766

split-complementary

#A5B437 #3766B4 #8437B4

monochromatic

#4F561A #7A8529 #A5B437 #BFCD5B #D2DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A5B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B437

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B437	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.147 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca76',
    500: '#a5b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b437;
$custom-light: #c3ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.40918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B437

secondary

#8981C6

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B437

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

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