#A0A231#A0A231

#A0A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.132 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A231
RGB	rgb(160, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -14.80, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 57.46, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0461 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.132 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9728, 33.5368, 7.9048)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A231 #3331A2

analogous

#A26C31 #A0A231 #68A231

triadic

#A0A231 #31A0A2 #A231A0

tetradic

#A0A231 #31A26C #3331A2 #A23168

square

#A0A231 #31A26C #3331A2 #A23168

split-complementary

#A0A231 #3168A2 #6C31A2

monochromatic

#434415 #727323 #A0A231 #C6C848 #D4D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A0A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A0A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A231

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A231	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.132 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbd70',
    500: '#a0a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a231;
$custom-light: #bfbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A231

secondary

#7271BE

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A231

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

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