#A5A689#A5A689

#A5A689 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.041 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A689
RGB	rgb(165, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 14%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -5.43, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 15.89, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0132 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.041 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.6683, 37.0782, 29.0452)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A689 #8A89A6

analogous

#A69989 #A5A689 #97A689

triadic

#A5A689 #89A5A6 #A689A5

tetradic

#A5A689 #89A699 #8A89A6 #A68997

square

#A5A689 #89A699 #8A89A6 #A68997

split-complementary

#A5A689 #8997A6 #9989A6

monochromatic

#66674E #898A68 #A5A689 #C0C0AC #DADBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A5A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A689

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A689	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.041 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c0ab',
    500: '#a5a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a689;
$custom-light: #c0c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 14.01,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.04056,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.37078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A689

secondary

#C0C0CB

accent

#71B773

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A689

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

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