#A5A480#A5A480

#A5A480 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.050 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A480
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 22.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -5.74, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 19.73, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.014 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.05 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6887, 36.1092, 25.6656)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A480 #8081A5

analogous

#A59180 #A5A480 #94A580

triadic

#A5A480 #80A5A4 #A480A5

tetradic

#A5A480 #80A591 #8081A5 #A58094

square

#A5A480 #80A591 #8081A5 #A58094

split-complementary

#A5A480 #8094A5 #9180A5

monochromatic

#646347 #888760 #A5A480 #BEBEA4 #D8D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A5A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A480

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A480	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.050 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bea5',
    500: '#a5a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a480;
$custom-light: #c0bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 17.051,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.04999,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A480

secondary

#B9B9C8

accent

#70BA6E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A480

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

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