#A5A142#A5A142

#A5A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.117 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A142
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -11.02, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 49.97, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0339 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.117 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2462, 33.8833, 10.1527)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A142 #4246A5

analogous

#A57042 #A5A142 #77A542

triadic

#A5A142 #42A5A1 #A142A5

tetradic

#A5A142 #42A570 #4246A5 #A54277

square

#A5A142 #42A570 #4246A5 #A54277

split-complementary

#A5A142 #4277A5 #7042A5

monochromatic

#4E4C1F #797631 #A5A142 #C1BD63 #D2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A5A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A5A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A142

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A142	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.117 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bc7a',
    500: '#a5a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a142;
$custom-light: #c2bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A142

secondary

#8588BD

accent

#5AD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A142

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

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