#A0A138#A0A138

#A0A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A138
RGB	rgb(160, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -13.87, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 54.26, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0427 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.126 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9568, 33.2496, 8.6857)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A138 #3938A1

analogous

#A16D38 #A0A138 #6CA138

triadic

#A0A138 #38A0A1 #A138A0

tetradic

#A0A138 #38A16D #3938A1 #A1386C

square

#A0A138 #38A16D #3938A1 #A1386C

split-complementary

#A0A138 #386CA1 #6D38A1

monochromatic

#464618 #737428 #A0A138 #C2C353 #D2D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A0A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A0A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A138

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A138	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbc74',
    500: '#a0a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a138;
$custom-light: #bfbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.688,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A138

secondary

#7978BC

accent

#50D851

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A138

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

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