#A5B942#A5B942

#A5B942 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.145 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B942
RGB	rgb(165, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -23.24, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.65, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0683 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.145 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8500, 43.0909, 11.6873)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B942 #5642B9

analogous

#B99242 #A5B942 #6AB942

triadic

#A5B942 #42A5B9 #B942A5

tetradic

#A5B942 #42B992 #5642B9 #B9426A

square

#A5B942 #42B992 #5642B9 #B9426A

split-complementary

#A5B942 #426AB9 #9242B9

monochromatic

#555F22 #7D8C32 #A5B942 #BBCB6D #D0DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A5B942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#A5B942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B942

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B942	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.145 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ce7c',
    500: '#a5b942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b942;
$custom-light: #c2ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.084,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B942

secondary

#9990C7

accent

#51D767

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B942

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

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