#A5AE72#A5AE72

#A5AE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE72
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(69, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -12.96, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 32.49, 113.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.035 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.082 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6904, 39.4866, 21.7632)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE72 #7B72AE

analogous

#AE9972 #A5AE72 #87AE72

triadic

#A5AE72 #72A5AE #AE72A5

tetradic

#A5AE72 #72AE99 #7B72AE #AE7287

square

#A5AE72 #72AE99 #7B72AE #AE7287

split-complementary

#A5AE72 #7287AE #9972AE

monochromatic

#62693C #879053 #A5AE72 #BEC499 #D7DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5AE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A5AE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE72

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE72	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c69b',
    500: '#a5ae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae72;
$custom-light: #c0c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE72

secondary

#B5B2CA

accent

#64C373

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F7F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE72

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

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