#A5AE75#A5AE75

#A5AE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AE75
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 117)
HSL	hsl(69, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 32.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -12.57, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 30.93, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0338 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.078 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8640, 39.5561, 22.6773)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AE75 #7E75AE

analogous

#AE9B75 #A5AE75 #89AE75

triadic

#A5AE75 #75A5AE #AE75A5

tetradic

#A5AE75 #75AE9B #7E75AE #AE7589

square

#A5AE75 #75AE9B #7E75AE #AE7589

split-complementary

#A5AE75 #7589AE #9B75AE

monochromatic

#636A3E #879155 #A5AE75 #BEC59C #D7DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5AE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A5AE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AE75

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AE75	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ae75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c69d',
    500: '#a5ae75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ae75;
$custom-light: #c0c69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ae75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72963,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AE75

secondary

#B7B4CB

accent

#65C274

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F7F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AE75

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

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