#A4A142#A4A142

#A4A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A142
RGB	rgb(164, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -11.45, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 49.95, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.035 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.117 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0390, 33.7765, 10.1430)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A142 #4245A4

analogous

#A47042 #A4A142 #76A442

triadic

#A4A142 #42A4A1 #A142A4

tetradic

#A4A142 #42A470 #4245A4 #A44276

square

#A4A142 #42A470 #4245A4 #A44276

split-complementary

#A4A142 #4276A4 #7042A4

monochromatic

#4D4B1F #787630 #A4A142 #C0BD63 #D2D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A4A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A4A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A142

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A142	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc7a',
    500: '#a4a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a142;
$custom-light: #c1bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69246,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A142

secondary

#8587BD

accent

#59D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A142

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →