#A5A974#A5A974

#A5A974 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.072 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A974
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 116)
HSL	hsl(65, 24%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 31%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 31.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -10.08, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 28.77, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0267 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.072 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8575, 37.6366, 22.0533)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A974 #7874A9

analogous

#A99274 #A5A974 #8AA974

triadic

#A5A974 #74A5A9 #A974A5

tetradic

#A5A974 #74A992 #7874A9 #A9748A

square

#A5A974 #74A992 #7874A9 #A9748A

split-complementary

#A5A974 #748AA9 #9274A9

monochromatic

#62643E #868A56 #A5A974 #BDC09A #D6D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A5A974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A5A974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A974

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A974	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.072 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c29c',
    500: '#a5a974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a974;
$custom-light: #c0c29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A974

secondary

#B3B1C7

accent

#68C06E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A974

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

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