#A5A161#A5A161

#A5A161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A161
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -8.17, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 34.77, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0225 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.085 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4201, 34.3529, 16.3353)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A161 #6165A5

analogous

#A57F61 #A5A161 #87A561

triadic

#A5A161 #61A5A1 #A161A5

tetradic

#A5A161 #61A57F #6165A5 #A56187

square

#A5A161 #61A57F #6165A5 #A56187

split-complementary

#A5A161 #6187A5 #7F61A5

monochromatic

#595733 #807D49 #A5A161 #BBB888 #D1CFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A5A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A5A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A161

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A161	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc8f',
    500: '#a5a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a161;
$custom-light: #c1bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A161

secondary

#A2A4C0

accent

#6AC464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A161

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

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