Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal element

A liquid crystal composition comprising:

• at least one compound represented by Formula (1),
• in Formula (1),
• R1 is C1-12 alkyl in which at least one —(CH2)2— may be substituted with —CH═CH— or —C≡C—;
• a ring A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, 2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2] octane-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, or pyridine-2,5-diyl, at least one hydrogen on these rings may be substituted with a halogen or C1-3 alkyl;
• Z11 is a single bond;
• Z12 is —C≡C—;
• L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, and L18 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, ethyl or cyclopropyl;
• Y11 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl;
• Y12 is hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine;
• at least one of L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, and Y11 is methyl or ethyl;
• at least one of L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, and Y11 is fluorine;
• and
• a is 0 or 1, b is 1, c is 0 or 1, and a sum of a, b, and c is 2.