#A7A237#A7A237

#A7A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A237
RGB	rgb(167, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -11.40, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 55.15, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0363 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.127 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5473, 34.3330, 8.6842)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A237 #373CA7

analogous

#A76A37 #A7A237 #74A737

triadic

#A7A237 #37A7A2 #A237A7

tetradic

#A7A237 #37A76A #373CA7 #A73774

square

#A7A237 #37A76A #373CA7 #A73774

split-complementary

#A7A237 #3774A7 #6A37A7

monochromatic

#4B4919 #797528 #A7A237 #C7C254 #D6D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A7A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A7A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A237

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A237	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd74',
    500: '#a7a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a237;
$custom-light: #c4bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6963,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A237

secondary

#7A7DC0

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A237

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

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