#A1A520#A1A520

#A1A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.145 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1A520
RGB	rgb(161, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -16.66, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 64.24, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0528 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.145 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4148, 34.5924, 6.5464)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1A520 #2420A5

analogous

#A56620 #A1A520 #5EA520

triadic

#A1A520 #20A1A5 #A520A1

tetradic

#A1A520 #20A566 #2420A5 #A5205E

square

#A1A520 #20A566 #2420A5 #A5205E

split-complementary

#A1A520 #205EA5 #6620A5

monochromatic

#3D3E0C #6F7216 #A1A520 #D1D62C #DCE05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A1A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A1A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1A520

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1A520	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.145 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf69',
    500: '#a1a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1a520;
$custom-light: #c1bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69628,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1A520

secondary

#5F5CC5

accent

#3DEA43

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1A520

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

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