#A5A162#A5A162

#A5A162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.084 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A162
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -8.05, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 34.25, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0221 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.084 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4670, 34.3716, 16.5824)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A162 #6266A5

analogous

#A58062 #A5A162 #88A562

triadic

#A5A162 #62A5A1 #A162A5

tetradic

#A5A162 #62A580 #6266A5 #A56288

square

#A5A162 #62A580 #6266A5 #A56288

split-complementary

#A5A162 #6288A5 #8062A5

monochromatic

#595733 #807D4A #A5A162 #BBB889 #D2D0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A5A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A5A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A162

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A162	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)

#AB9D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.084 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc8f',
    500: '#a5a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a162;
$custom-light: #c1bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 27.126,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A162

secondary

#A3A4C0

accent

#6AC364

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A162

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

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