#A5B531#A5B531

#A5B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.152 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B531
RGB	rgb(165, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -22.28, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 65.21, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0672 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.152 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5961, 41.2693, 9.1538)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B531 #4131B5

analogous

#B58331 #A5B531 #63B531

triadic

#A5B531 #31A5B5 #B531A5

tetradic

#A5B531 #31B583 #4131B5 #B53163

square

#A5B531 #31B583 #4131B5 #B53163

split-complementary

#A5B531 #3163B5 #8331B5

monochromatic

#4D5517 #798524 #A5B531 #C1D053 #D2DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A5B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A5B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B531

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B531	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)

#C2AB17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.152 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cb73',
    500: '#a5b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b531;
$custom-light: #c3cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B531

secondary

#847BC7

accent

#47E15A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B531

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

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