#A5A985#A5A985

#A5A985 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.050 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A985
RGB	rgb(165, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(67, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -7.66, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 19.70, 112.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0195 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.05 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9384, 38.0690, 27.7459)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A985 #8985A9

analogous

#A99B85 #A5A985 #93A985

triadic

#A5A985 #85A5A9 #A985A5

tetradic

#A5A985 #85A99B #8985A9 #A98593

square

#A5A985 #85A99B #8985A9 #A98593

split-complementary

#A5A985 #8593A9 #9B85A9

monochromatic

#66694A #898D64 #A5A985 #BFC2A9 #DADCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A5A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A5A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A985

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A985	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.050 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c2a8',
    500: '#a5a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a985;
$custom-light: #c0c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A985

secondary

#BFBECC

accent

#6EBA76

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A985

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

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