#A5A173#A5A173

#A5A173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.063 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A173
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 30.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -5.96, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 25.25, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.015 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.063 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3566, 34.7275, 21.2676)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A173 #7377A5

analogous

#A58873 #A5A173 #90A573

triadic

#A5A173 #73A5A1 #A173A5

tetradic

#A5A173 #73A588 #7377A5 #A57390

square

#A5A173 #73A588 #7377A5 #A57390

split-complementary

#A5A173 #7390A5 #8873A5

monochromatic

#605D3E #858156 #A5A173 #BDBA98 #D5D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A5A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A173

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A173	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.063 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bc9b',
    500: '#a5a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a173;
$custom-light: #c0bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A173

secondary

#AFB1C4

accent

#70BE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A173

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

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