#A5B356#A5B356

#A5B356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B356
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -18.64, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 48.99, 112.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0533 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.119 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3173, 40.9118, 14.9439)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B356 #6456B3

analogous

#B39356 #A5B356 #77B356

triadic

#A5B356 #56A5B3 #B356A5

tetradic

#A5B356 #56B393 #6456B3 #B35677

square

#A5B356 #56B393 #6456B3 #B35677

split-complementary

#A5B356 #5677B3 #9356B3

monochromatic

#5A622C #818D3F #A5B356 #BBC680 #D2D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A5B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A5B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B356

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B356	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c988',
    500: '#a5b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b356;
$custom-light: #c1c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.032,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B356

secondary

#A49EC7

accent

#5ACE6B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B356

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

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