#A4A12A#A4A12A
#A4A12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.135 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A12A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 161, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 59%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 74%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.4%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.60, -12.87, 58.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.60, 59.63, 102.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.05% -0.0416 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.05% 0.135 108) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.4737, 33.5504, 7.1660) |
| Luminance | 0.3355 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.09
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.74
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.24
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.80
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.13
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 6.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A12A #2A2DA4
analogous
#A4642A #A4A12A #6AA42A
triadic
#A4A12A #2AA4A1 #A12AA4
tetradic
#A4A12A #2AA464 #2A2DA4 #A42A6A
square
#A4A12A #2AA464 #2A2DA4 #A42A6A
split-complementary
#A4A12A #2A6AA4 #642AA4
monochromatic
#434111 #73711E #A4A12A #CDCA3E #DAD76E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.72
#A4A12A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.71
#A4A12A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A12A
7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A12A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A12A | 1.00 | 2.72 | 7.71 | 7.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9A11
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0968A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a12a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.135 108.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2bc6d',
500: '#a4a12a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a12a; $custom-light: #c2bc6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a12a",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 161,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.525,
"s": 59.223,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69045,
"c": 0.13471,
"h": 108
},
"luminance": 0.33549
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A12A
secondary
#696BC1
accent
#49E245
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A