#A5AD48#A5AD48

#A5AD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD48
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -16.79, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 52.53, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0495 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.125 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6310, 38.3549, 11.8666)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD48 #5048AD

analogous

#AD8248 #A5AD48 #73AD48

triadic

#A5AD48 #48A5AD #AD48A5

tetradic

#A5AD48 #48AD82 #5048AD #AD4873

square

#A5AD48 #48AD82 #5048AD #AD4873

split-complementary

#A5AD48 #4873AD #8248AD

monochromatic

#535724 #7C8236 #A5AD48 #BCC36F #D0D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A5AD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD48

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD48	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c57f',
    500: '#a5ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad48;
$custom-light: #c2c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.752,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD48

secondary

#938FC1

accent

#57D160

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD48

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

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