#A0A021#A0A021

#A0A021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.139 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A021
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -14.49, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 62.12, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0467 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.139 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3436, 32.7258, 6.3149)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A021 #2121A0

analogous

#A06021 #A0A021 #60A021

triadic

#A0A021 #21A0A0 #A021A0

tetradic

#A0A021 #21A060 #2121A0 #A02160

square

#A0A021 #21A060 #2121A0 #A02160

split-complementary

#A0A021 #2160A0 #6021A0

monochromatic

#3B3B0C #6D6D17 #A0A021 #D3D32B #DEDE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A0A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A0A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A021

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A021	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.139 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb69',
    500: '#a0a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a021;
$custom-light: #c0bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68416,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A021

secondary

#5B5BC2

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A021

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

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