#A7A261#A7A261

#A7A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.086 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A261
RGB	rgb(167, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 41.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -7.87, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 35.29, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0217 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.086 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0149, 34.9200, 16.4134)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A261 #6166A7

analogous

#A77F61 #A7A261 #89A761

triadic

#A7A261 #61A7A2 #A261A7

tetradic

#A7A261 #61A77F #6166A7 #A76189

square

#A7A261 #61A77F #6166A7 #A76189

split-complementary

#A7A261 #6189A7 #7F61A7

monochromatic

#5B5833 #827E49 #A7A261 #BDB988 #D3D0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A7A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A7A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A261

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A261	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.086 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd8f',
    500: '#a7a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a261;
$custom-light: #c2bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 28.455,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70145,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A261

secondary

#A3A5C1

accent

#6AC563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A261

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

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