#A5A459#A5A459

#A5A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A459
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -10.60, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 40.26, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0302 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.098 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.5963, 35.2722, 14.6457)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A459 #595AA5

analogous

#A57E59 #A5A459 #80A559

triadic

#A5A459 #59A5A4 #A459A5

tetradic

#A5A459 #59A57E #595AA5 #A55980

square

#A5A459 #59A57E #595AA5 #A55980

split-complementary

#A5A459 #5980A5 #7E59A5

monochromatic

#55552E #7D7C44 #A5A459 #BBBA80 #D0D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A5A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A5A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A459

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A459	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be89',
    500: '#a5a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a459;
$custom-light: #c1be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A459

secondary

#9C9CBE

accent

#63C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A459

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

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