#A5B538#A5B538

#A5B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.147 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B538
RGB	rgb(165, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -21.90, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 62.71, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0655 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.147 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7555, 41.3330, 9.9931)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B538 #4838B5

analogous

#B58738 #A5B538 #67B538

triadic

#A5B538 #38A5B5 #B538A5

tetradic

#A5B538 #38B587 #4838B5 #B53867

square

#A5B538 #38B587 #4838B5 #B53867

split-complementary

#A5B538 #3867B5 #8738B5

monochromatic

#50581B #7A862A #A5B538 #BFCD5D #D1DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A5B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A5B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B538

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B538	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.147 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cb76',
    500: '#a5b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b538;
$custom-light: #c3cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B538

secondary

#8C83C6

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B538

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

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