#A4942A#A4942A

#A4942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4942A
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -5.97, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 55.12, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0222 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3189, 29.2407, 6.4478)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4942A #2A3AA4

analogous

#A4572A #A4942A #77A42A

triadic

#A4942A #2AA494 #942AA4

tetradic

#A4942A #2AA457 #2A3AA4 #A42A77

square

#A4942A #2AA457 #2A3AA4 #A42A77

split-complementary

#A4942A #2A77A4 #572AA4

monochromatic

#433C11 #73681E #A4942A #CDBB3E #DACC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A4942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A4942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4942A

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4942A	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36b',
    500: '#a4942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4942a;
$custom-light: #c3b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66171,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4942A

secondary

#6974C1

accent

#5AE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4942A

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

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