#a5ba2a

Color #a5ba2a

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.9 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a5ba2a

RGB

rgb(165, 186, 42)

HSL

hsl(68.8, 63.2%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.8, 77.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(71.75, -25.05, 64.88)

LCH

lch(71.75, 69.55, 111.11)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.161, 117.97)

HWB

hwb(68.8, 16.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f2aba

Analogous

#ba872a

#a5ba2a

#5dba2a

Triadic

#a5ba2a

#2aa5ba

#ba2aa5

Split-complementary

#a5ba2a

#2a5dba

#872aba

Tetradic

#a5ba2a

#2aba3f

#3f2aba

#ba2aa5

Square

#a5ba2a

#2aba87

#3f2aba

#ba2a5d

Shades

Color #a5ba2a mixed toward black.

#899b23

#6e7c1c

#525d15

#373e0e

#1b1f07

Tints

Color #a5ba2a mixed toward white.

#bed43f

#cbdc66

#d8e58c

#e5eeb2

#f2f6d9

Tones

Color #a5ba2a mixed toward gray.

#9cae36

#94a242

#8b964e

#838a5a

#7a7e66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaf67 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#adac70 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#a68388 · ΔE 41.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5ba2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5ba2a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a5ba2a (#a5ba2a) is rgb(165, 186, 42) in RGB.

No, #a5ba2a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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