#A5AB49#A5AB49

#A5AB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AB49
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -15.69, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 51.17, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0463 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.122 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2833, 37.6068, 11.9129)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AB49 #4F49AB

analogous

#AB8049 #A5AB49 #74AB49

triadic

#A5AB49 #49A5AB #AB49A5

tetradic

#A5AB49 #49AB80 #4F49AB #AB4974

square

#A5AB49 #49AB80 #4F49AB #AB4974

split-complementary

#A5AB49 #4974AB #8049AB

monochromatic

#525524 #7C8037 #A5AB49 #BDC26F #D1D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A5AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A5AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AB49

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AB49	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c37f',
    500: '#a5ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ab49;
$custom-light: #c2c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71638,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AB49

secondary

#928FC0

accent

#58D05F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AB49

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

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