#A5BE42#A5BE42

#A5BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.151 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5BE42
RGB	rgb(165, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -25.69, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 62.99, 114.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0751 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.151 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9144, 45.2197, 12.0422)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A5BE42 #5B42BE

analogous

#BE9942 #A5BE42 #67BE42

triadic

#A5BE42 #42A5BE #BE42A5

tetradic

#A5BE42 #42BE99 #5B42BE #BE4267

square

#A5BE42 #42BE99 #5B42BE #BE4267

split-complementary

#A5BE42 #4267BE #9942BE

monochromatic

#566322 #7E9132 #A5BE42 #BBCE70 #D0DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A5BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#A5BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5BE42

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5BE42	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.151 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d17d',
    500: '#a5be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5be42;
$custom-light: #c3d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5BE42

secondary

#9D92CA

accent

#4FD86B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5BE42

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

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