#A2A23D#A2A23D
#A2A23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A2A23D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(162, 162, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 45%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 62%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.3%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.85, -13.20, 50.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.85, 52.56, 104.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.24% -0.0404 0.1159) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.24% 0.123 109.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6638, 33.8598, 9.4396) |
| Luminance | 0.3386 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.82
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.73
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.15
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.17
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.43
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A2A23D #3D3DA2
analogous
#A26F3D #A2A23D #6FA23D
triadic
#A2A23D #3DA2A2 #A23DA2
tetradic
#A2A23D #3DA26F #3D3DA2 #A23D6F
square
#A2A23D #3DA26F #3D3DA2 #A23D6F
split-complementary
#A2A23D #3D6FA2 #6F3DA2
monochromatic
#49491C #76762C #A2A23D #C1C15B #D2D287
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#A2A23D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.77
#A2A23D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A2A23D
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A2A23D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A2A23D | 1.00 | 2.70 | 7.77 | 7.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9B31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09F43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD988D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a2a23d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 162, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 109.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c0bd77',
500: '#a2a23d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a2a23d; $custom-light: #c0bd77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a2a23d",
"rgb": {
"r": 162,
"g": 162,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 45.291,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69244,
"c": 0.12275,
"h": 109.2
},
"luminance": 0.33859
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A2A23D
secondary
#7E7EBC
accent
#53D553
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B