#A1A522#A1A522

#A1A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.144 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1A522
RGB	rgb(161, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -16.59, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 63.68, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0525 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.144 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4428, 34.6036, 6.6939)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1A522 #2622A5

analogous

#A56822 #A1A522 #60A522

triadic

#A1A522 #22A1A5 #A522A1

tetradic

#A1A522 #22A568 #2622A5 #A52260

square

#A1A522 #22A568 #2622A5 #A52260

split-complementary

#A1A522 #2260A5 #6822A5

monochromatic

#3E400D #6F7218 #A1A522 #CFD430 #DBDF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A1A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A1A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1A522

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1A522	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)

#B3A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.144 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf6a',
    500: '#a1a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1a522;
$custom-light: #c1bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69638,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1A522

secondary

#625FC4

accent

#3FE944

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1A522

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

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