#A0A023#A0A023

#A0A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.138 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A023
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -14.41, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 61.52, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0463 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.138 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3724, 32.7374, 6.4668)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A023 #2323A0

analogous

#A06123 #A0A023 #61A023

triadic

#A0A023 #23A0A0 #A023A0

tetradic

#A0A023 #23A061 #2323A0 #A02361

square

#A0A023 #23A061 #2323A0 #A02361

split-complementary

#A0A023 #2361A0 #6123A0

monochromatic

#3C3C0D #6E6E18 #A0A023 #D1D12F #DCDC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A0A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A0A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A023

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A023	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.138 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb69',
    500: '#a0a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a023;
$custom-light: #c0bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A023

secondary

#5D5DC1

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A023

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

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