#A5AD50#A5AD50

#A5AD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD50
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -16.13, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 48.88, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0468 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.118 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9092, 38.4662, 13.3316)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD50 #5850AD

analogous

#AD8650 #A5AD50 #77AD50

triadic

#A5AD50 #50A5AD #AD50A5

tetradic

#A5AD50 #50AD86 #5850AD #AD5077

square

#A5AD50 #50AD86 #5850AD #AD5077

split-complementary

#A5AD50 #5077AD #8650AD

monochromatic

#555929 #7D833D #A5AD50 #BBC179 #D0D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A5AD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A5AD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD50

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD50	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)

#B8A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c584',
    500: '#a5ad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad50;
$custom-light: #c2c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.161,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD50

secondary

#9B97C2

accent

#5BCD65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD50

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

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