#A5B451#A5B451

#A5B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B451
RGB	rgb(165, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -19.59, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 51.80, 112.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0565 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.126 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3240, 41.2363, 13.9869)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B451 #6051B4

analogous

#B49151 #A5B451 #73B451

triadic

#A5B451 #51A5B4 #B451A5

tetradic

#A5B451 #51B491 #6051B4 #B45173

square

#A5B451 #51B491 #6051B4 #B45173

split-complementary

#A5B451 #5173B4 #9151B4

monochromatic

#59612A #808C3C #A5B451 #BBC67C #D1D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A5B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A5B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B451

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B451	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca85',
    500: '#a5b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b451;
$custom-light: #c2ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B451

secondary

#A19BC6

accent

#58D06A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B451

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

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