#A7A231#A7A231

#A7A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A231
RGB	rgb(167, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -11.73, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 57.51, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0379 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4122, 34.2789, 7.9723)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A231 #3136A7

analogous

#A76731 #A7A231 #71A731

triadic

#A7A231 #31A7A2 #A231A7

tetradic

#A7A231 #31A767 #3136A7 #A73171

square

#A7A231 #31A767 #3136A7 #A73171

split-complementary

#A7A231 #3171A7 #6731A7

monochromatic

#484615 #787423 #A7A231 #CAC54B #D8D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A7A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A7A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A231

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A231	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd71',
    500: '#a7a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a231;
$custom-light: #c4bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69583,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A231

secondary

#7377C1

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A231

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

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