#A0B221#A0B221

#A0B221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.158 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0B221
RGB	rgb(160, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -23.59, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 69.07, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0718 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.158 117)
XYZ	xyz(30.6929, 39.4246, 7.4314)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0B221 #3321B2

analogous

#B27C21 #A0B221 #58B221

triadic

#A0B221 #21A0B2 #B221A0

tetradic

#A0B221 #21B27C #3321B2 #B22158

square

#A0B221 #21B27C #3321B2 #B22158

split-complementary

#A0B221 #2158B2 #7C21B2

monochromatic

#434B0E #727E17 #A0B221 #C6DA36 #D4E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A0B221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A0B221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0B221

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0B221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0B221	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0b221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.158 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c86b',
    500: '#a0b221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0b221;
$custom-light: #c0c86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0b221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.448,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0B221

secondary

#7266C9

accent

#3CEC52

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0B221

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

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