#A5A481#A5A481

#A5A481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.049 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A481
RGB	rgb(165, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -5.59, 18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 19.18, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0136 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.049 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7548, 36.1357, 26.0140)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A481 #8182A5

analogous

#A59281 #A5A481 #94A581

triadic

#A5A481 #81A5A4 #A481A5

tetradic

#A5A481 #81A592 #8182A5 #A58194

square

#A5A481 #81A592 #8182A5 #A58194

split-complementary

#A5A481 #8194A5 #9281A5

monochromatic

#646347 #888761 #A5A481 #BFBEA5 #D8D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A5A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A481

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A481	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.049 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bea5',
    500: '#a5a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a481;
$custom-light: #c0bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.04866,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A481

secondary

#BABAC8

accent

#70B96E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A481

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

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