#A5A565#A5A565

#A5A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.085 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A565
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -9.83, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 34.60, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0269 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.085 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3216, 35.8498, 17.5791)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A565 #6565A5

analogous

#A58565 #A5A565 #85A565

triadic

#A5A565 #65A5A5 #A565A5

tetradic

#A5A565 #65A585 #6565A5 #A56585

square

#A5A565 #65A585 #6565A5 #A56585

split-complementary

#A5A565 #6585A5 #8565A5

monochromatic

#5B5B35 #81814C #A5A565 #BCBC8C #D2D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A5A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A5A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A565

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A565	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.085 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf92',
    500: '#a5a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a565;
$custom-light: #c1bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70694,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A565

secondary

#A5A5C1

accent

#65C365

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F7F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A565

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

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