#A5B537#A5B537

#A5B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B537
RGB	rgb(165, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -21.96, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 63.08, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0658 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.148 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7313, 41.3234, 9.8656)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B537 #4737B5

analogous

#B58637 #A5B537 #66B537

triadic

#A5B537 #37A5B5 #B537A5

tetradic

#A5B537 #37B586 #4737B5 #B53766

square

#A5B537 #37B586 #4737B5 #B53766

split-complementary

#A5B537 #3766B5 #8637B5

monochromatic

#4F571A #7A8629 #A5B537 #BFCD5C #D1DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A5B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A5B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B537

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B537	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cb76',
    500: '#a5b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b537;
$custom-light: #c3cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B537

secondary

#8B82C6

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B537

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

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