#A5A451#A5A451

#A5A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A451
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 50.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -11.37, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 44.22, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0332 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.106 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2784, 35.1451, 12.9717)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A451 #5152A5

analogous

#A57A51 #A5A451 #7CA551

triadic

#A5A451 #51A5A4 #A451A5

tetradic

#A5A451 #51A57A #5152A5 #A5517C

square

#A5A451 #51A57A #5152A5 #A5517C

split-complementary

#A5A451 #517CA5 #7A51A5

monochromatic

#535229 #7C7B3D #A5A451 #BCBB77 #D0D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A5A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A5A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A451

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A451	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be84',
    500: '#a5a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a451;
$custom-light: #c1be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A451

secondary

#9495BD

accent

#5FCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A451

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

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