#A5A55E#A5A55E

#A5A55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.093 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A55E
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -10.61, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 38.20, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0297 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.093 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9931, 35.7184, 15.8492)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A55E #5E5EA5

analogous

#A5815E #A5A55E #81A55E

triadic

#A5A55E #5EA5A5 #A55EA5

tetradic

#A5A55E #5EA581 #5E5EA5 #A55E81

square

#A5A55E #5EA581 #5E5EA5 #A55E81

split-complementary

#A5A55E #5E81A5 #815EA5

monochromatic

#585831 #7F7F47 #A5A55E #BBBB85 #D1D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A5A55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A5A55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A55E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A55E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.093 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf8d',
    500: '#a5a55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a55e;
$custom-light: #c1bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A55E

secondary

#A0A0BF

accent

#63C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A55E

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

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