#A5B838#A5B838

#A5B838 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	#A5B838
RGB	rgb(165, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -23.38, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 64.04, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0696 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.151 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3721, 42.5662, 10.1987)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B838 #4B38B8

analogous

#B88B38 #A5B838 #65B838

triadic

#A5B838 #38A5B8 #B838A5

tetradic

#A5B838 #38B88B #4B38B8 #B83865

square

#A5B838 #38B88B #4B38B8 #B83865

split-complementary

#A5B838 #3865B8 #8B38B8

monochromatic

#515A1B #7B892A #A5B838 #BECE5F #D1DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A5B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A5B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B838

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B838	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)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.151 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cd76',
    500: '#a5b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b838;
$custom-light: #c3cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.906,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.15054,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B838

secondary

#8F85C7

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B838

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →