#A4A221#A4A221

#A4A221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.140 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A221
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -13.76, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 62.86, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0448 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.14 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5058, 33.8439, 6.4695)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A221 #2123A4

analogous

#A46021 #A4A221 #64A421

triadic

#A4A221 #21A4A2 #A221A4

tetradic

#A4A221 #21A460 #2123A4 #A42164

square

#A4A221 #21A460 #2123A4 #A42164

split-complementary

#A4A221 #2164A4 #6021A4

monochromatic

#3E3D0C #717017 #A4A221 #D5D22D #DFDD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A4A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A221

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A221	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.140 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd69',
    500: '#a4a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a221;
$custom-light: #c3bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A221

secondary

#5D5EC4

accent

#41E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A221

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

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