#A7A540#A7A540

#A7A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A540
RGB	rgb(167, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -12.39, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 52.55, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0381 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3179, 35.4968, 10.1040)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A540 #4042A7

analogous

#A77140 #A7A540 #75A740

triadic

#A7A540 #40A7A5 #A540A7

tetradic

#A7A540 #40A771 #4042A7 #A74075

square

#A7A540 #40A771 #4042A7 #A74075

split-complementary

#A7A540 #4075A7 #7140A7

monochromatic

#4F4E1E #7B792F #A7A540 #C3C162 #D4D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A7A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A7A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A540

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A540	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf79',
    500: '#a7a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a540;
$custom-light: #c4bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70377,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A540

secondary

#8485BF

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A540

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

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