#A5B837#A5B837

#A5B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.151 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B837
RGB	rgb(165, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -23.44, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 64.40, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0699 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.151 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3479, 42.5565, 10.0712)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B837 #4A37B8

analogous

#B88B37 #A5B837 #65B837

triadic

#A5B837 #37A5B8 #B837A5

tetradic

#A5B837 #37B88B #4A37B8 #B83765

square

#A5B837 #37B88B #4A37B8 #B83765

split-complementary

#A5B837 #3765B8 #8B37B8

monochromatic

#505A1B #7B8929 #A5B837 #BECF5D #D1DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A5B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A5B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B837

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B837	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.151 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cd76',
    500: '#a5b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b837;
$custom-light: #c3cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B837

secondary

#8E84C7

accent

#4ADD60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B837

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

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