#A7B231#A7B231

#A7B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.148 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7B231
RGB	rgb(167, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -19.93, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 63.86, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0608 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.148 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4120, 40.2786, 8.9723)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7B231 #3C31B2

analogous

#B27C31 #A7B231 #67B231

triadic

#A7B231 #31A7B2 #B231A7

tetradic

#A7B231 #31B27C #3C31B2 #B23167

square

#A7B231 #31B27C #3C31B2 #B23167

split-complementary

#A7B231 #3167B2 #7C31B2

monochromatic

#4D5217 #7A8224 #A7B231 #C4CF51 #D5DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A7B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A7B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7B231

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7B231	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.148 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c872',
    500: '#a7b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7b231;
$custom-light: #c4c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.116,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73168,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7B231

secondary

#8079C5

accent

#48E055

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7B231

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

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