#A5AE56#A5AE56

#A5AE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE56
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -16.09, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 46.52, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0461 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.113 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3333, 38.9438, 14.6159)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE56 #5F56AE

analogous

#AE8B56 #A5AE56 #79AE56

triadic

#A5AE56 #56A5AE #AE56A5

tetradic

#A5AE56 #56AE8B #5F56AE #AE5679

square

#A5AE56 #56AE8B #5F56AE #AE5679

split-complementary

#A5AE56 #5679AE #8B56AE

monochromatic

#585D2D #7F8640 #A5AE56 #BBC27F #D1D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A5AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A5AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE56

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE56	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c688',
    500: '#a5ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae56;
$custom-light: #c1c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.136,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE56

secondary

#A09CC3

accent

#5DCB68

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE56

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

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