#A5B449#A5B449

#A5B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B449
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -20.25, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 55.36, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0592 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.133 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0415, 41.1233, 12.4990)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B449 #5849B4

analogous

#B48D49 #A5B449 #70B449

triadic

#A5B449 #49A5B4 #B449A5

tetradic

#A5B449 #49B48D #5849B4 #B44970

square

#A5B449 #49B48D #5849B4 #B44970

split-complementary

#A5B449 #4970B4 #8D49B4

monochromatic

#555D26 #7D8837 #A5B449 #BBC774 #D0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A5B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A5B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B449

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B449	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca80',
    500: '#a5b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b449;
$custom-light: #c2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.411,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73665,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B449

secondary

#9B94C5

accent

#56D267

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B449

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

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