#A7B416#A7B416

#A7B416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.162 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7B416
RGB	rgb(167, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -21.90, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 71.97, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0682 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.162 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4035, 40.9165, 6.9496)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7B416 #2316B4

analogous

#B47216 #A7B416 #58B416

triadic

#A7B416 #16A7B4 #B416A7

tetradic

#A7B416 #16B472 #2316B4 #B41658

square

#A7B416 #16B472 #2316B4 #B41658

split-complementary

#A7B416 #1658B4 #7216B4

monochromatic

#424709 #747D0F #A7B416 #D4E423 #DFEB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A7B416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A7B416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7B416

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7B416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7B416	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7b416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.162 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca68',
    500: '#a7b416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7b416;
$custom-light: #c5ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7b416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.937,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7B416

secondary

#6158CE

accent

#33F543

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7B416

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

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