#A5A581#A5A581

#A5A581 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.050 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A581
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -6.12, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 19.70, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0151 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.05 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9345, 36.4950, 26.0739)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A581 #8181A5

analogous

#A59381 #A5A581 #93A581

triadic

#A5A581 #81A5A5 #A581A5

tetradic

#A5A581 #81A593 #8181A5 #A58193

square

#A5A581 #81A593 #8181A5 #A58193

split-complementary

#A5A581 #8193A5 #9381A5

monochromatic

#646447 #888861 #A5A581 #BFBFA5 #D8D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A5A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A5A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A581

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A581	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.050 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bfa5',
    500: '#a5a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a581;
$custom-light: #c0bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71245,
    "c": 0.04998,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A581

secondary

#BABAC8

accent

#6EB96E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A581

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

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