#A5AE73#A5AE73

#A5AE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.080 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE73
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(69, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -12.84, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 31.97, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0346 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.08 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7477, 39.5095, 22.0646)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE73 #7C73AE

analogous

#AE9A73 #A5AE73 #88AE73

triadic

#A5AE73 #73A5AE #AE73A5

tetradic

#A5AE73 #73AE9A #7C73AE #AE7388

square

#A5AE73 #73AE9A #7C73AE #AE7388

split-complementary

#A5AE73 #7388AE #9A73AE

monochromatic

#636A3D #879053 #A5AE73 #BEC49A #D7DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5AE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A5AE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE73

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE73	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)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.080 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c69c',
    500: '#a5ae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae73;
$custom-light: #c0c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE73

secondary

#B6B2CA

accent

#65C373

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F7F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE73

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

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