#A4A173#A4A173

#A4A173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.063 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A173
RGB	rgb(164, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -6.36, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 25.23, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0161 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.063 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1494, 34.6206, 21.2579)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A173 #7376A4

analogous

#A48973 #A4A173 #8EA473

triadic

#A4A173 #73A4A1 #A173A4

tetradic

#A4A173 #73A489 #7376A4 #A4738E

square

#A4A173 #73A489 #7376A4 #A4738E

split-complementary

#A4A173 #738EA4 #8973A4

monochromatic

#5F5D3E #848156 #A4A173 #BCBA98 #D4D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A4A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A173

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A173	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.063 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbc9b',
    500: '#a4a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a173;
$custom-light: #bfbc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A173

secondary

#AFB0C4

accent

#6FBE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A173

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

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