#A5B831#A5B831

#A5B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.155 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B831
RGB	rgb(165, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -23.76, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 66.50, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0713 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.155 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2127, 42.5024, 9.3593)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B831 #4431B8

analogous

#B88731 #A5B831 #62B831

triadic

#A5B831 #31A5B8 #B831A5

tetradic

#A5B831 #31B887 #4431B8 #B83162

square

#A5B831 #31B887 #4431B8 #B83162

split-complementary

#A5B831 #3162B8 #8731B8

monochromatic

#4E5717 #7A8824 #A5B831 #C0D255 #D2DE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A5B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A5B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B831

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B831	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.155 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cd73',
    500: '#a5b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b831;
$custom-light: #c3cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B831

secondary

#877DC8

accent

#47E15C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B831

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

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