#A7A524#A7A524

#A7A524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A524
RGB	rgb(167, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -13.88, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 63.06, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0451 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7111, 35.2541, 6.9084)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A524 #2426A7

analogous

#A76424 #A7A524 #68A724

triadic

#A7A524 #24A7A5 #A524A7

tetradic

#A7A524 #24A764 #2426A7 #A72468

square

#A7A524 #24A764 #2426A7 #A72468

split-complementary

#A7A524 #2468A7 #6424A7

monochromatic

#42420E #757319 #A7A524 #D3D135 #DEDC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A7A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A7A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A524

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A524	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)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6b',
    500: '#a7a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a524;
$custom-light: #c5bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70168,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A524

secondary

#6364C4

accent

#43E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A524

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

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