#A5B059#A5B059

#A5B059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B059
RGB	rgb(165, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -16.83, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 46.07, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0479 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.113 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8460, 39.7717, 15.3956)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B059 #6459B0

analogous

#B09059 #A5B059 #7AB059

triadic

#A5B059 #59A5B0 #B059A5

tetradic

#A5B059 #59B090 #6459B0 #B0597A

square

#A5B059 #59B090 #6459B0 #B0597A

split-complementary

#A5B059 #597AB0 #9059B0

monochromatic

#5A612E #818A42 #A5B059 #BBC482 #D2D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A5B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B059

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B059	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c78a',
    500: '#a5b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b059;
$custom-light: #c1c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.586,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72955,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B059

secondary

#A49FC5

accent

#5CCC6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B059

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

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