#A5A281#A5A281

#A5A281 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.046 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A281
RGB	rgb(165, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 17%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -4.51, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 18.17, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0105 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.046 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3997, 35.4254, 25.8956)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A281 #8184A5

analogous

#A59081 #A5A281 #96A581

triadic

#A5A281 #81A5A2 #A281A5

tetradic

#A5A281 #81A590 #8184A5 #A58196

square

#A5A281 #81A590 #8184A5 #A58196

split-complementary

#A5A281 #8196A5 #9081A5

monochromatic

#646247 #888561 #A5A281 #BFBCA5 #D8D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A5A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A5A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A281

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A281	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.046 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bda5',
    500: '#a5a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a281;
$custom-light: #c0bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70598,
    "c": 0.0461,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A281

secondary

#BABBC8

accent

#75B96E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A281

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

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