#A5A559#A5A559

#A5A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A559
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -11.13, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 40.73, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0317 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.099 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7760, 35.6316, 14.7056)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A559 #5959A5

analogous

#A57F59 #A5A559 #7FA559

triadic

#A5A559 #59A5A5 #A559A5

tetradic

#A5A559 #59A57F #5959A5 #A5597F

square

#A5A559 #59A57F #5959A5 #A5597F

split-complementary

#A5A559 #597FA5 #7F59A5

monochromatic

#55552E #7D7D44 #A5A559 #BBBB80 #D0D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A5A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A5A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A559

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A559	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf89',
    500: '#a5a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a559;
$custom-light: #c1bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A559

secondary

#9C9CBE

accent

#62C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A559

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

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