#A5A855#A5A855

#A5A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A855
RGB	rgb(165, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -13.09, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 44.12, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0377 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.107 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1600, 36.6611, 14.0274)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A855 #5855A8

analogous

#A88255 #A5A855 #7BA855

triadic

#A5A855 #55A5A8 #A855A5

tetradic

#A5A855 #55A882 #5855A8 #A8557B

square

#A5A855 #55A882 #5855A8 #A8557B

split-complementary

#A5A855 #557BA8 #8255A8

monochromatic

#55572C #7D7F40 #A5A855 #BBBD7D #D0D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A5A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A5A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A855

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A855	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c187',
    500: '#a5a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a855;
$custom-light: #c1c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.169,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A855

secondary

#9B99BF

accent

#5FC963

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A855

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

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