#A0B227#A0B227

#A0B227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.155 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0B227
RGB	rgb(160, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -23.37, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 67.41, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0708 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.155 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7846, 39.4612, 7.9141)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0B227 #3927B2

analogous

#B27F27 #A0B227 #5AB227

triadic

#A0B227 #27A0B2 #B227A0

tetradic

#A0B227 #27B27F #3927B2 #B2275A

square

#A0B227 #27B27F #3927B2 #B2275A

split-complementary

#A0B227 #275AB2 #7F27B2

monochromatic

#464E11 #73801C #A0B227 #C2D541 #D2E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A0B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A0B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0B227

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0B227	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.155 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c86d',
    500: '#a0b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0b227;
$custom-light: #c0c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.77,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0B227

secondary

#796DC8

accent

#41E756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0B227

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

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