#A4A140#A4A140

#A4A140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A140
RGB	rgb(164, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -11.60, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 50.85, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0357 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.119 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9810, 33.7533, 9.8379)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A140 #4043A4

analogous

#A46F40 #A4A140 #75A440

triadic

#A4A140 #40A4A1 #A140A4

tetradic

#A4A140 #40A46F #4043A4 #A44075

square

#A4A140 #40A46F #4043A4 #A44075

split-complementary

#A4A140 #4075A4 #6F40A4

monochromatic

#4C4B1E #78762F #A4A140 #C1BE60 #D2D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A4A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A4A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A140

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A140	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc79',
    500: '#a4a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a140;
$custom-light: #c1bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A140

secondary

#8384BD

accent

#58D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A140

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

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