#A5AE51#A5AE51

#A5AE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE51
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -16.55, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 48.89, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0479 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.118 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1389, 38.8660, 13.5918)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE51 #5A51AE

analogous

#AE8851 #A5AE51 #77AE51

triadic

#A5AE51 #51A5AE #AE51A5

tetradic

#A5AE51 #51AE88 #5A51AE #AE5177

square

#A5AE51 #51AE88 #5A51AE #AE5177

split-complementary

#A5AE51 #5177AE #8851AE

monochromatic

#565A2A #7D843E #A5AE51 #BBC17B #D0D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A5AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A5AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE51

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE51	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c685',
    500: '#a5ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae51;
$custom-light: #c2c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE51

secondary

#9D99C2

accent

#5BCC66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE51

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

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