#A4A121#A4A121

#A4A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.139 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A121
RGB	rgb(164, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -13.24, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 62.50, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0434 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.139 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3304, 33.4930, 6.4110)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A121 #2124A4

analogous

#A45F21 #A4A121 #65A421

triadic

#A4A121 #21A4A1 #A121A4

tetradic

#A4A121 #21A45F #2124A4 #A42165

square

#A4A121 #21A45F #2124A4 #A42165

split-complementary

#A4A121 #2165A4 #5F21A4

monochromatic

#3E3D0C #716F17 #A4A121 #D5D12D #DFDC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A4A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A4A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A121

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A121	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.139 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc69',
    500: '#a4a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a121;
$custom-light: #c3bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68993,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A121

secondary

#5D5FC4

accent

#42E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A121

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

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