#A0A538#A0A538

#A0A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A538
RGB	rgb(160, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -15.94, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 55.95, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0486 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.13 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6670, 34.6700, 8.9225)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A538 #3D38A5

analogous

#A57338 #A0A538 #69A538

triadic

#A0A538 #38A0A5 #A538A0

tetradic

#A0A538 #38A573 #3D38A5 #A53869

square

#A0A538 #38A573 #3D38A5 #A53869

split-complementary

#A0A538 #3869A5 #7338A5

monochromatic

#474A19 #747728 #A0A538 #C0C555 #D1D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A0A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A0A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A538

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A538	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbf75',
    500: '#a0a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a538;
$custom-light: #bfbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69702,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A538

secondary

#7D7ABE

accent

#4FD955

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A538

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

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