#A7B31B#A7B31B

#A7B31B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.159 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7B31B
RGB	rgb(167, 179, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -21.28, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 70.57, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0662 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.159 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2553, 40.5355, 7.1617)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7B31B #271BB3

analogous

#B3731B #A7B31B #5BB31B

triadic

#A7B31B #1BA7B3 #B31BA7

tetradic

#A7B31B #1BB373 #271BB3 #B31B5B

square

#A7B31B #1BB373 #271BB3 #B31B5B

split-complementary

#A7B31B #1B5BB3 #731BB3

monochromatic

#44490B #757E13 #A7B31B #D1DF2C #DDE761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A7B31B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A7B31B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7B31B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7B31B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7B31B	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7b31b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 179, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.159 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c969',
    500: '#a7b31b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7b31b;
$custom-light: #c5c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7b31b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7B31B

secondary

#675ECC

accent

#37F046

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7B31B

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

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