#A5A656#A5A656

#A5A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A656
RGB	rgb(165, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 48.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -11.95, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 42.69, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0343 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.103 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8336, 35.9443, 14.1160)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A656 #5756A6

analogous

#A67F56 #A5A656 #7DA656

triadic

#A5A656 #56A5A6 #A656A5

tetradic

#A5A656 #56A67F #5756A6 #A6567D

square

#A5A656 #56A67F #5756A6 #A6567D

split-complementary

#A5A656 #567DA6 #7F56A6

monochromatic

#55552C #7D7E41 #A5A656 #BBBC7D #D0D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A5A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A5A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A656

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A656	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c087',
    500: '#a5a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a656;
$custom-light: #c1c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70685,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A656

secondary

#9A99BE

accent

#60C861

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A656

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

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