#A5A381#A5A381

#A5A381 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A381
RGB	rgb(165, 163, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 17%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -5.05, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 18.67, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0121 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.047 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5766, 35.7791, 25.9546)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A381 #8183A5

analogous

#A59181 #A5A381 #95A581

triadic

#A5A381 #81A5A3 #A381A5

tetradic

#A5A381 #81A591 #8183A5 #A58195

square

#A5A381 #81A591 #8183A5 #A58195

split-complementary

#A5A381 #8195A5 #9181A5

monochromatic

#646347 #888661 #A5A381 #BFBDA5 #D8D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A5A381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A5A381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A381

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A381	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 163, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bea5',
    500: '#a5a381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a381;
$custom-light: #c0bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.04736,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A381

secondary

#BABAC8

accent

#73B96E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A381

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

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