#A5A449#A5A449

#A5A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A449
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -12.06, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 48.03, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.036 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.114 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9959, 35.0321, 11.4838)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A449 #494AA5

analogous

#A57649 #A5A449 #78A549

triadic

#A5A449 #49A5A4 #A449A5

tetradic

#A5A449 #49A576 #494AA5 #A54978

square

#A5A449 #49A576 #494AA5 #A54978

split-complementary

#A5A449 #4978A5 #7649A5

monochromatic

#505023 #7B7A36 #A5A449 #BEBD6D #D1D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A5A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A5A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A449

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A449	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be7f',
    500: '#a5a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a449;
$custom-light: #c2be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A449

secondary

#8D8DBD

accent

#5ACF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A449

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

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