#A4A040#A4A040

#A4A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A040
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -11.07, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 50.43, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0342 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.118 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8070, 33.4052, 9.7799)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A040 #4044A4

analogous

#A46E40 #A4A040 #76A440

triadic

#A4A040 #40A4A0 #A040A4

tetradic

#A4A040 #40A46E #4044A4 #A44076

square

#A4A040 #40A46E #4044A4 #A44076

split-complementary

#A4A040 #4076A4 #6E40A4

monochromatic

#4C4A1E #78752F #A4A040 #C1BD60 #D2CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A4A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A4A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A040

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A040	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb79',
    500: '#a4a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a040;
$custom-light: #c1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A040

secondary

#8385BD

accent

#59D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A040

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

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