#A4A151#A4A151

#A4A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A151
RGB	rgb(164, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -10.21, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 42.86, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0298 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.103 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5406, 33.9771, 12.7851)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A151 #5154A4

analogous

#A47751 #A4A151 #7DA451

triadic

#A4A151 #51A4A1 #A151A4

tetradic

#A4A151 #51A477 #5154A4 #A4517D

square

#A4A151 #51A477 #5154A4 #A4517D

split-complementary

#A4A151 #517DA4 #7751A4

monochromatic

#525129 #7B793D #A4A151 #BCB977 #D0CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A4A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A4A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A151

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A151	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc84',
    500: '#a4a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a151;
$custom-light: #c1bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69425,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A151

secondary

#9495BD

accent

#62CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A151

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

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