#A5A040#A5A040

#A5A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.118 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A040
RGB	rgb(165, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -10.64, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 50.46, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.033 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.118 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0142, 33.5120, 9.7896)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A040 #4045A5

analogous

#A56E40 #A5A040 #77A540

triadic

#A5A040 #40A5A0 #A040A5

tetradic

#A5A040 #40A56E #4045A5 #A54077

square

#A5A040 #40A56E #4045A5 #A54077

split-complementary

#A5A040 #4077A5 #6E40A5

monochromatic

#4D4A1E #79752F #A5A040 #C2BD61 #D3CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A5A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A5A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A040

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A040	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.118 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb79',
    500: '#a5a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a040;
$custom-light: #c2bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69093,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A040

secondary

#8386BE

accent

#5AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A040

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

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