#A5A462#A5A462

#A5A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.088 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A462
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 40.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -9.65, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 35.67, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0266 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.088 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9976, 35.4328, 16.7592)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A462 #6263A5

analogous

#A58362 #A5A462 #85A562

triadic

#A5A462 #62A5A4 #A462A5

tetradic

#A5A462 #62A583 #6263A5 #A56285

square

#A5A462 #62A583 #6263A5 #A56285

split-complementary

#A5A462 #6285A5 #8362A5

monochromatic

#595933 #807F4A #A5A462 #BBBB89 #D2D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A5A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A5A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A462

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A462	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.088 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be90',
    500: '#a5a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a462;
$custom-light: #c1be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 27.126,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70425,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A462

secondary

#A3A3C0

accent

#66C364

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A462

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

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