#A5AA79#A5AA79

#A5AA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.067 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AA79
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -9.93, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 26.66, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0261 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.067 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3429, 38.1296, 23.6887)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AA79 #7E79AA

analogous

#AA9679 #A5AA79 #8DAA79

triadic

#A5AA79 #79A5AA #AA79A5

tetradic

#A5AA79 #79AA96 #7E79AA #AA798D

square

#A5AA79 #79AA96 #7E79AA #AA798D

split-complementary

#A5AA79 #798DAA #9679AA

monochromatic

#636741 #878D59 #A5AA79 #BEC29E #D7DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A5AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A5AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AA79

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AA79	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.067 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3a0',
    500: '#a5aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aa79;
$custom-light: #c0c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72162,
    "c": 0.06728,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AA79

secondary

#B7B5C9

accent

#69BF72

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AA79

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

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