#A5AD4E#A5AD4E

#A5AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD4E
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -16.30, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 49.81, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0475 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.12 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8364, 38.4371, 12.9482)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD4E #564EAD

analogous

#AD864E #A5AD4E #76AD4E

triadic

#A5AD4E #4EA5AD #AD4EA5

tetradic

#A5AD4E #4EAD86 #564EAD #AD4E76

square

#A5AD4E #4EAD86 #564EAD #AD4E76

split-complementary

#A5AD4E #4E76AD #864EAD

monochromatic

#555928 #7D833B #A5AD4E #BBC277 #D0D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD4E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD4E	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c583',
    500: '#a5ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad4e;
$custom-light: #c2c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD4E

secondary

#9995C2

accent

#5ACE64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD4E

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

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