#A5A461#A5A461

#A5A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.089 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A461
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -9.76, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 36.19, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.027 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.089 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9507, 35.4140, 16.5121)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A461 #6162A5

analogous

#A58261 #A5A461 #84A561

triadic

#A5A461 #61A5A4 #A461A5

tetradic

#A5A461 #61A582 #6162A5 #A56184

square

#A5A461 #61A582 #6162A5 #A56184

split-complementary

#A5A461 #6184A5 #8261A5

monochromatic

#595833 #807F49 #A5A461 #BBBA88 #D1D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A5A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A5A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A461

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A461	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.089 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be8f',
    500: '#a5a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a461;
$custom-light: #c1be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70409,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A461

secondary

#A2A2C0

accent

#65C464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A461

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

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