#A1A421#A1A421

#A1A421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.143 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1A421
RGB	rgb(161, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -16.12, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 63.59, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0512 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.143 111)
XYZ	xyz(28.2489, 34.2386, 6.5592)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1A421 #2421A4

analogous

#A46521 #A1A421 #5FA421

triadic

#A1A421 #21A1A4 #A421A1

tetradic

#A1A421 #21A465 #2421A4 #A4215F

square

#A1A421 #21A465 #2421A4 #A4215F

split-complementary

#A1A421 #215FA4 #6521A4

monochromatic

#3D3E0C #6F7117 #A1A421 #D1D52D #DCDF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A1A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A1A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1A421

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1A421	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.143 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be69',
    500: '#a1a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1a421;
$custom-light: #c1be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69406,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1A421

secondary

#5F5DC4

accent

#3EE942

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1A421

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

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