#A5B156#A5B156

#A5B156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B156
RGB	rgb(165, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -17.62, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 48.00, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0505 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.117 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9194, 40.1159, 14.8113)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B156 #6256B1

analogous

#B19056 #A5B156 #78B156

triadic

#A5B156 #56A5B1 #B156A5

tetradic

#A5B156 #56B190 #6256B1 #B15678

square

#A5B156 #56B190 #6256B1 #B15678

split-complementary

#A5B156 #5678B1 #9056B1

monochromatic

#59602C #808A40 #A5B156 #BBC480 #D2D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A5B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B156

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B156	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c888',
    500: '#a5b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b156;
$custom-light: #c1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.912,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B156

secondary

#A39DC5

accent

#5BCD6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B156

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

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