#A5BE38#A5BE38

#A5BE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.158 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BE38
RGB	rgb(165, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -26.31, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 66.72, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0777 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.158 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6450, 45.1120, 10.6230)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BE38 #5138BE

analogous

#BE9438 #A5BE38 #62BE38

triadic

#A5BE38 #38A5BE #BE38A5

tetradic

#A5BE38 #38BE94 #5138BE #BE3862

square

#A5BE38 #38BE94 #5138BE #BE3862

split-complementary

#A5BE38 #3862BE #9438BE

monochromatic

#535F1C #7C8F2A #A5BE38 #BCD162 #D0DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A5BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#A5BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BE38

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BE38	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.158 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d177',
    500: '#a5be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5be38;
$custom-light: #c3d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.194,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75794,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BE38

secondary

#9488CA

accent

#4ADE66

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BE38

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

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