#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
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -14.83, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 64.95, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0484 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.144 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2139, 32.6740, 5.6321)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A0A016	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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