#A5AD52#A5AD52

#A5AD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AD52
RGB	rgb(165, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -15.95, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 47.94, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0461 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.116 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9842, 38.4962, 13.7266)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AD52 #5A52AD

analogous

#AD8852 #A5AD52 #77AD52

triadic

#A5AD52 #52A5AD #AD52A5

tetradic

#A5AD52 #52AD88 #5A52AD #AD5277

square

#A5AD52 #52AD88 #5A52AD #AD5277

split-complementary

#A5AD52 #5277AD #8852AD

monochromatic

#565A2B #7D833E #A5AD52 #BBC17C #D0D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A5AD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A5AD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AD52

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AD52	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c585',
    500: '#a5ad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ad52;
$custom-light: #c2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AD52

secondary

#9D99C2

accent

#5CCC66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AD52

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

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