#A5A962#A5A962

#A5A962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.094 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A962
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 42%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -12.27, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 38.12, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0341 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.094 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9100, 37.2576, 17.0634)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A962 #6662A9

analogous

#A98962 #A5A962 #82A962

triadic

#A5A962 #62A5A9 #A962A5

tetradic

#A5A962 #62A989 #6662A9 #A96282

square

#A5A962 #62A989 #6662A9 #A96282

split-complementary

#A5A962 #6282A9 #8962A9

monochromatic

#5B5D33 #828549 #A5A962 #BCBF8A #D2D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A5A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A5A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A962

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A962	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.094 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c290',
    500: '#a5a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a962;
$custom-light: #c1c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A962

secondary

#A6A4C3

accent

#62C568

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A962

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

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