#A5AE62#A5AE62

#A5AE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE62
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(67, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 43.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -14.87, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 40.64, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0415 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.1 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8581, 39.1537, 17.3794)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE62 #6B62AE

analogous

#AE9162 #A5AE62 #7FAE62

triadic

#A5AE62 #62A5AE #AE62A5

tetradic

#A5AE62 #62AE91 #6B62AE #AE627F

square

#A5AE62 #62AE91 #6B62AE #AE627F

split-complementary

#A5AE62 #627FAE #9162AE

monochromatic

#5D6333 #838B48 #A5AE62 #BCC38A #D3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A5AE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A5AE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE62

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE62	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c690',
    500: '#a5ae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae62;
$custom-light: #c1c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72637,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE62

secondary

#A9A6C6

accent

#60C86C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE62

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

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