#A5A273#A5A273

#A5A273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.064 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A273
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -6.50, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 25.74, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0165 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.064 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5321, 35.0784, 21.3261)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A273 #7376A5

analogous

#A58973 #A5A273 #8FA573

triadic

#A5A273 #73A5A2 #A273A5

tetradic

#A5A273 #73A589 #7376A5 #A5738F

square

#A5A273 #73A589 #7376A5 #A5738F

split-complementary

#A5A273 #738FA5 #8973A5

monochromatic

#605E3E #858256 #A5A273 #BDBB98 #D5D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A5A273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A5A273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A273

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A273	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.064 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bd9b',
    500: '#a5a273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a273;
$custom-light: #c0bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.06441,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A273

secondary

#AFB1C4

accent

#6FBE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A273

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

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