#A0A040#A0A040

#A0A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A040
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -12.80, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 50.39, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0388 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.118 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9942, 32.9861, 9.7418)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A040 #4040A0

analogous

#A07040 #A0A040 #70A040

triadic

#A0A040 #40A0A0 #A040A0

tetradic

#A0A040 #40A070 #4040A0 #A04070

square

#A0A040 #40A070 #4040A0 #A04070

split-complementary

#A0A040 #4070A0 #7040A0

monochromatic

#49491D #74742F #A0A040 #BFBF5E #D0D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A0A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A0A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A040

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A040	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbb79',
    500: '#a0a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a040;
$custom-light: #bfbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68652,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A040

secondary

#8181BB

accent

#55D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A040

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

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