#A5A751#A5A751

#A5A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A751
RGB	rgb(165, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 51.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -12.94, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 45.59, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0377 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.11 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8217, 36.2315, 13.1528)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A751 #5351A7

analogous

#A77E51 #A5A751 #7AA751

triadic

#A5A751 #51A5A7 #A751A5

tetradic

#A5A751 #51A77E #5351A7 #A7517A

square

#A5A751 #51A77E #5351A7 #A7517A

split-complementary

#A5A751 #517AA7 #7E51A7

monochromatic

#545529 #7C7E3D #A5A751 #BCBD78 #D0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A5A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A5A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A751

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A751	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c184',
    500: '#a5a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a751;
$custom-light: #c1c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A751

secondary

#9695BF

accent

#5DCB60

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A751

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

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