#A4A042#A4A042

#A4A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.116 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A042
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -10.93, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 49.53, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0335 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.116 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8649, 33.4284, 10.0850)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A042 #4246A4

analogous

#A46F42 #A4A042 #77A442

triadic

#A4A042 #42A4A0 #A042A4

tetradic

#A4A042 #42A46F #4246A4 #A44277

square

#A4A042 #42A46F #4246A4 #A44277

split-complementary

#A4A042 #4277A4 #6F42A4

monochromatic

#4D4B1F #787530 #A4A042 #C0BC63 #D2CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A4A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A4A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A042

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A042	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.116 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb7a',
    500: '#a4a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a042;
$custom-light: #c1bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69025,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A042

secondary

#8587BD

accent

#5BD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A042

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

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