#A5B438#A5B438

#A5B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B438
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -21.40, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 62.27, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0641 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.146 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5529, 40.9278, 9.9256)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B438 #4738B4

analogous

#B48538 #A5B438 #67B438

triadic

#A5B438 #38A5B4 #B438A5

tetradic

#A5B438 #38B485 #4738B4 #B43867

square

#A5B438 #38B485 #4738B4 #B43867

split-complementary

#A5B438 #3867B4 #8538B4

monochromatic

#4F571B #7A8529 #A5B438 #BFCD5D #D1DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A5B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B438

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B438	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca76',
    500: '#a5b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b438;
$custom-light: #c3ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.258,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B438

secondary

#8B82C5

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B438

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

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