#A5A261#A5A261

#A5A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A261
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -8.70, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 35.24, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.024 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.086 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5956, 34.7038, 16.3937)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A261 #6164A5

analogous

#A58061 #A5A261 #86A561

triadic

#A5A261 #61A5A2 #A261A5

tetradic

#A5A261 #61A580 #6164A5 #A56186

square

#A5A261 #61A580 #6164A5 #A56186

split-complementary

#A5A261 #6186A5 #8061A5

monochromatic

#595733 #807E49 #A5A261 #BBB988 #D1D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A5A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A5A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A261

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A261	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd8f',
    500: '#a5a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a261;
$custom-light: #c1bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A261

secondary

#A2A3C0

accent

#68C464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A261

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

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