#A1B231#A1B231

#A1B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.150 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1B231
RGB	rgb(161, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -22.48, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 64.14, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0675 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.15 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1735, 39.6400, 8.9142)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1B231 #4231B2

analogous

#B28331 #A1B231 #61B231

triadic

#A1B231 #31A1B2 #B231A1

tetradic

#A1B231 #31B283 #4231B2 #B23161

square

#A1B231 #31B283 #4231B2 #B23161

split-complementary

#A1B231 #3161B2 #8331B2

monochromatic

#4A5217 #768224 #A1B231 #BFCF51 #D0DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A1B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A1B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1B231

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1B231	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.150 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c872',
    500: '#a1b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1b231;
$custom-light: #c0c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.907,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1B231

secondary

#8379C5

accent

#48E05C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1B231

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

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