#A5B987#A5B987

#A5B987 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.072 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5B987
RGB	rgb(165, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(84, 26%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(84, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -15.71, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 27.99, 124.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0421 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.072 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2386, 44.4463, 29.5341)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5B987 #9B87B9

analogous

#B9B487 #A5B987 #8CB987

triadic

#A5B987 #87A5B9 #B987A5

tetradic

#A5B987 #87B9B4 #9B87B9 #B9878C

square

#A5B987 #87B9B4 #9B87B9 #B9878C

split-complementary

#A5B987 #878CB9 #B487B9

monochromatic

#687D49 #88A260 #A5B987 #C2D0AE #DFE6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A5B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#A5B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5B987

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5B987	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.072 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ceaa',
    500: '#a5b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5b987;
$custom-light: #c0ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5B987

secondary

#CCC5D7

accent

#41A569

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F9F4

border

#D0D2CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5B987

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

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