#A5B738#A5B738

#A5B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.149 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B738
RGB	rgb(165, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -22.89, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 63.60, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0682 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.149 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1651, 42.1522, 10.1297)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B738 #4A38B7

analogous

#B78A38 #A5B738 #66B738

triadic

#A5B738 #38A5B7 #B738A5

tetradic

#A5B738 #38B78A #4A38B7 #B73866

square

#A5B738 #38B78A #4A38B7 #B73866

split-complementary

#A5B738 #3866B7 #8A38B7

monochromatic

#50591B #7B882A #A5B738 #BECE5E #D1DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A5B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#A5B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B738

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B738	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.149 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cc76',
    500: '#a5b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b738;
$custom-light: #c3cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.504,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B738

secondary

#8E84C7

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B738

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

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