#A0A016#A0A016

#A0A016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.144 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A0A016
RGBrgb(160, 160, 22)
HSLhsl(60, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(60, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.90, -14.83, 63.23)
CIE-LCHlch(63.90, 64.95, 103.20°)
OKLaboklab(68.37% -0.0484 0.1354)
OKLCHoklch(68.37% 0.144 109.7)
XYZxyz(27.2139, 32.6740, 5.6321)
Luminance0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A0A016 #1616A0
analogous
#A05B16 #A0A016 #5BA016
triadic
#A0A016 #16A0A0 #A016A0
tetradic
#A0A016 #16A05B #1616A0 #A0165B
square
#A0A016 #16A05B #1616A0 #A0165B
split-complementary
#A0A016 #165BA0 #5B16A0
monochromatic
#343407 #6A6A0F #A0A016 #D6D61D #E6E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#A0A016 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53
#A0A016 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A016
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A0A016#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A0A0161.002.797.537.53
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5321.001.001.00
##0000007.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D25
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9588
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a0a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.144 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb64',
    500: '#a0a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a0a016;
$custom-light: #c0bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a0a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68369,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A0A016
secondary
#4A4AC8
accent
#35F235
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A016

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#A0A016 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva