#A0A522#A0A522

#A0A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.144 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A522
RGB	rgb(160, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -17.03, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 63.69, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0537 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.144 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2421, 34.5001, 6.6845)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A522 #2722A5

analogous

#A56922 #A0A522 #5FA522

triadic

#A0A522 #22A0A5 #A522A0

tetradic

#A0A522 #22A569 #2722A5 #A5225F

square

#A0A522 #22A569 #2722A5 #A5225F

split-complementary

#A0A522 #225FA5 #6922A5

monochromatic

#3E400D #6F7218 #A0A522 #CED430 #DADF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A0A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A0A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A522

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A522	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.144 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bf6a',
    500: '#a0a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a522;
$custom-light: #c0bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69553,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A522

secondary

#635FC4

accent

#3FE946

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A522

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

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