#A7A520#A7A520

#A7A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.143 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A520
RGB	rgb(167, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -14.02, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 64.22, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0458 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.143 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6534, 35.2310, 6.6045)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A520 #2022A7

analogous

#A76220 #A7A520 #66A720

triadic

#A7A520 #20A7A5 #A520A7

tetradic

#A7A520 #20A762 #2022A7 #A72066

square

#A7A520 #20A762 #2022A7 #A72066

split-complementary

#A7A520 #2066A7 #6220A7

monochromatic

#40400C #747216 #A7A520 #D7D42D #E1DF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A7A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A7A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A520

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A520	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.143 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf69',
    500: '#a7a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a520;
$custom-light: #c5bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A520

secondary

#5D5FC5

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A520

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

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