#A7A138#A7A138

#A7A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A138
RGB	rgb(167, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -10.82, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 54.35, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0345 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.125 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3961, 33.9918, 8.7532)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A138 #383EA7

analogous

#A76938 #A7A138 #75A738

triadic

#A7A138 #38A7A1 #A138A7

tetradic

#A7A138 #38A769 #383EA7 #A73875

square

#A7A138 #38A769 #383EA7 #A73875

split-complementary

#A7A138 #3875A7 #6938A7

monochromatic

#4B4919 #797529 #A7A138 #C6C056 #D6D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A7A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A7A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A138

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A138	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc74',
    500: '#a7a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a138;
$custom-light: #c4bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69418,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A138

secondary

#7B7FBF

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A138

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

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