#A1B438#A1B438

#A1B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.147 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1B438
RGB	rgb(161, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -23.08, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 62.50, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0685 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.147 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7337, 40.5054, 9.8872)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1B438 #4B38B4

analogous

#B48938 #A1B438 #63B438

triadic

#A1B438 #38A1B4 #B438A1

tetradic

#A1B438 #38B489 #4B38B4 #B43863

square

#A1B438 #38B489 #4B38B4 #B43863

split-complementary

#A1B438 #3863B4 #8938B4

monochromatic

#4D571B #778529 #A1B438 #BBCD5D #CFDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A1B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A1B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1B438

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1B438	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.147 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ca76',
    500: '#a1b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1b438;
$custom-light: #c0ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73198,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1B438

secondary

#8D82C5

accent

#4CDC62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1B438

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

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