#A0A227#A0A227

#A0A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.138 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A227
RGB	rgb(160, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -15.29, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 61.00, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0484 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.138 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7847, 33.4615, 6.9142)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A227 #2927A2

analogous

#A26727 #A0A227 #62A227

triadic

#A0A227 #27A0A2 #A227A0

tetradic

#A0A227 #27A267 #2927A2 #A22762

square

#A0A227 #27A267 #2927A2 #A22762

split-complementary

#A0A227 #2762A2 #6727A2

monochromatic

#3F3F0F #6F711B #A0A227 #CCCF37 #D9DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A0A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A0A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A227

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A227	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.138 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bd6b',
    500: '#a0a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a227;
$custom-light: #c0bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68901,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A227

secondary

#6564C1

accent

#43E446

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A227

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

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