#A2A242#A2A242

#A2A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A242
RGB	rgb(162, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -12.84, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 50.36, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0388 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.119 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8048, 33.9162, 10.1823)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A242 #4242A2

analogous

#A27242 #A2A242 #72A242

triadic

#A2A242 #42A2A2 #A242A2

tetradic

#A2A242 #42A272 #4242A2 #A24272

square

#A2A242 #42A272 #4242A2 #A24272

split-complementary

#A2A242 #4272A2 #7242A2

monochromatic

#4B4B1F #777730 #A2A242 #BFBF62 #D1D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A2A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A2A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A242

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A242	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bd7a',
    500: '#a2a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a242;
$custom-light: #c0bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69294,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A242

secondary

#8484BC

accent

#56D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A242

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

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