#A1A016#A1A016

#A1A016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.144 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1A016
RGB	rgb(161, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -14.38, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 64.95, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0472 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.144 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4147, 32.7775, 5.6415)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1A016 #1617A1

analogous

#A15A16 #A1A016 #5CA116

triadic

#A1A016 #16A1A0 #A016A1

tetradic

#A1A016 #16A15A #1617A1 #A1165C

square

#A1A016 #16A15A #1617A1 #A1165C

split-complementary

#A1A016 #165CA1 #5A16A1

monochromatic

#353507 #6B6A0F #A1A016 #D7D61D #E6E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A1A016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A1A016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1A016

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1A016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1A016	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.144 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb65',
    500: '#a1a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1a016;
$custom-light: #c1bb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68457,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1A016

secondary

#4B4CC8

accent

#37F335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1A016

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

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