#A7A522#A7A522

#A7A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A522
RGB	rgb(167, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -13.95, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 63.66, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0455 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6814, 35.2422, 6.7520)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A522 #2224A7

analogous

#A76322 #A7A522 #67A722

triadic

#A7A522 #22A7A5 #A522A7

tetradic

#A7A522 #22A763 #2224A7 #A72267

square

#A7A522 #22A763 #2224A7 #A72267

split-complementary

#A7A522 #2267A7 #6322A7

monochromatic

#41410D #747318 #A7A522 #D5D331 #DFDE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A7A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A7A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A522

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A522	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6a',
    500: '#a7a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a522;
$custom-light: #c5bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70157,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A522

secondary

#6062C5

accent

#41E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A522

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

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