#A5A950#A5A950

#A5A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A950
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 52.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -14.07, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 46.99, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.041 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.113 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1537, 36.9551, 13.0798)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A950 #5450A9

analogous

#A98150 #A5A950 #79A950

triadic

#A5A950 #50A5A9 #A950A5

tetradic

#A5A950 #50A981 #5450A9 #A95079

square

#A5A950 #50A981 #5450A9 #A95079

split-complementary

#A5A950 #5079A9 #8150A9

monochromatic

#545629 #7C7F3C #A5A950 #BCBF77 #D0D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A5A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A5A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A950

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A950	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c284',
    500: '#a5a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a950;
$custom-light: #c2c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.697,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A950

secondary

#9795C0

accent

#5CCC61

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A950

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

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