#A2A042#A2A042

#A2A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A042
RGB	rgb(162, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -11.79, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 49.50, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0359 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.116 108)
XYZ	xyz(28.4553, 33.2172, 10.0658)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A042 #4244A2

analogous

#A27042 #A2A042 #74A242

triadic

#A2A042 #42A2A0 #A042A2

tetradic

#A2A042 #42A270 #4244A2 #A24274

square

#A2A042 #42A270 #4244A2 #A24274

split-complementary

#A2A042 #4274A2 #7042A2

monochromatic

#4B4A1F #777530 #A2A042 #BFBD62 #D1CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A2A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A2A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A042

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A042	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb7a',
    500: '#a2a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a042;
$custom-light: #c0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A042

secondary

#8485BC

accent

#58D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A042

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

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