#A5B638#A5B638

#A5B638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.148 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B638
RGB	rgb(165, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -22.39, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 63.15, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0669 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.148 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9596, 41.7412, 10.0612)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B638 #4938B6

analogous

#B68838 #A5B638 #66B638

triadic

#A5B638 #38A5B6 #B638A5

tetradic

#A5B638 #38B688 #4938B6 #B63866

square

#A5B638 #38B688 #4938B6 #B63866

split-complementary

#A5B638 #3866B6 #8838B6

monochromatic

#50581B #7B872A #A5B638 #BECD5E #D1DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A5B638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A5B638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B638

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B638	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cb76',
    500: '#a5b638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b638;
$custom-light: #c3cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.14823,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B638

secondary

#8D84C6

accent

#4BDC5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B638

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

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