#A7B316#A7B316

#A7B316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7B316
RGB	rgb(167, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -21.41, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 71.60, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0668 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2023, 40.5143, 6.8826)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7B316 #2216B3

analogous

#B37116 #A7B316 #59B316

triadic

#A7B316 #16A7B3 #B316A7

tetradic

#A7B316 #16B371 #2216B3 #B31659

square

#A7B316 #16B371 #2216B3 #B31659

split-complementary

#A7B316 #1659B3 #7116B3

monochromatic

#414609 #747C0F #A7B316 #D5E422 #DFEB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A7B316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A7B316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7B316

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7B316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7B316	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7b316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c968',
    500: '#a7b316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7b316;
$custom-light: #c5c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7b316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.586,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7B316

secondary

#6057CE

accent

#33F542

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EB

border

#D2D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7B316

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

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