#A4902A#A4902A

#A4902A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4902A
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -3.80, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 53.87, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.016 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.12 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7023, 28.0075, 6.2422)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4902A #2A3EA4

analogous

#A4532A #A4902A #7BA42A

triadic

#A4902A #2AA490 #902AA4

tetradic

#A4902A #2AA453 #2A3EA4 #A42A7B

square

#A4902A #2AA453 #2A3EA4 #A42A7B

split-complementary

#A4902A #2A7BA4 #532AA4

monochromatic

#433A11 #73651E #A4902A #CDB63E #DAC86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A4902A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A4902A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4902A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4902A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4902A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4902a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06b',
    500: '#a4902a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4902a;
$custom-light: #c3b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4902a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65301,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4902A

secondary

#6977C1

accent

#5FE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4902A

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

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