#A5BD38#A5BD38

#A5BD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.156 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BD38
RGB	rgb(165, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -25.82, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 66.27, 112.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0764 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.156 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4291, 44.6803, 10.5510)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BD38 #5038BD

analogous

#BD9238 #A5BD38 #62BD38

triadic

#A5BD38 #38A5BD #BD38A5

tetradic

#A5BD38 #38BD92 #5038BD #BD3862

square

#A5BD38 #38BD92 #5038BD #BD3862

split-complementary

#A5BD38 #3862BD #9238BD

monochromatic

#535F1C #7C8E2A #A5BD38 #BCD062 #D0DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A5BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A5BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BD38

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BD38	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.156 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d077',
    500: '#a5bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5bd38;
$custom-light: #c3d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.827,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BD38

secondary

#9387C9

accent

#4ADE65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BD38

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

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