#A5A356#A5A356

#A5A356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A356
RGB	rgb(165, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -10.37, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 41.30, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0298 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.1 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2946, 34.8664, 13.9363)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A356 #5658A5

analogous

#A57C56 #A5A356 #80A556

triadic

#A5A356 #56A5A3 #A356A5

tetradic

#A5A356 #56A57C #5658A5 #A55680

square

#A5A356 #56A57C #5658A5 #A55680

split-complementary

#A5A356 #5680A5 #7C56A5

monochromatic

#55542C #7D7B41 #A5A356 #BBBA7D #D0CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A5A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A5A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A356

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A356	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be87',
    500: '#a5a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a356;
$custom-light: #c1be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A356

secondary

#999ABE

accent

#63C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A356

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

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