#A5B359#A5B359

#A5B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B359
RGB	rgb(165, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -18.35, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 47.57, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0522 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.116 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4407, 40.9611, 15.5939)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B359 #6759B3

analogous

#B39459 #A5B359 #78B359

triadic

#A5B359 #59A5B3 #B359A5

tetradic

#A5B359 #59B394 #6759B3 #B35978

square

#A5B359 #59B394 #6759B3 #B35978

split-complementary

#A5B359 #5978B3 #9459B3

monochromatic

#5B642E #828E41 #A5B359 #BCC683 #D3D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A5B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A5B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B359

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B359	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c98a',
    500: '#a5b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b359;
$custom-light: #c1c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73628,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B359

secondary

#A6A0C7

accent

#5BCD6C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B359

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

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