#A7A42E#A7A42E

#A7A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.135 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A42E
RGB	rgb(167, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -12.93, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 59.37, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0415 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.135 108)
XYZ	xyz(29.7061, 34.9646, 7.7683)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A42E #2E31A7

analogous

#A7672E #A7A42E #6EA72E

triadic

#A7A42E #2EA7A4 #A42EA7

tetradic

#A7A42E #2EA767 #2E31A7 #A72E6E

square

#A7A42E #2EA767 #2E31A7 #A72E6E

split-complementary

#A7A42E #2E6EA7 #672EA7

monochromatic

#474614 #777521 #A7A42E #CCC946 #D9D776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A7A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A7A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A42E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A42E	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.135 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be6f',
    500: '#a7a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a42e;
$custom-light: #c5be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.34964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A42E

secondary

#7072C1

accent

#4CE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A42E

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

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