#A5A256#A5A256

#A5A256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A256
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -9.84, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 40.84, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0283 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.099 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1178, 34.5127, 13.8774)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A256 #5659A5

analogous

#A57B56 #A5A256 #81A556

triadic

#A5A256 #56A5A2 #A256A5

tetradic

#A5A256 #56A57B #5659A5 #A55681

square

#A5A256 #56A57B #5659A5 #A55681

split-complementary

#A5A256 #5681A5 #7B56A5

monochromatic

#55532C #7D7B41 #A5A256 #BBB97D #D0CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A5A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A5A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A256

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A256	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd87',
    500: '#a5a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a256;
$custom-light: #c1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A256

secondary

#999ABE

accent

#64C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A256

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

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