#A4A223#A4A223
#A4A223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.139 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A223 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 162, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 65%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 79%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.7%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.85, -13.68, 60.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.85, 62.27, 102.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.23% -0.0445 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.23% 0.139 108.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5347, 33.8555, 6.6214) |
| Luminance | 0.3386 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.39
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.00
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.12
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.74
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.81
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A223 #2325A4
analogous
#A46223 #A4A223 #66A423
triadic
#A4A223 #23A4A2 #A223A4
tetradic
#A4A223 #23A462 #2325A4 #A42366
square
#A4A223 #23A462 #2325A4 #A42366
split-complementary
#A4A223 #2366A4 #6223A4
monochromatic
#3F3E0D #727018 #A4A223 #D3D131 #DEDC64
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#A4A223 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.77
#A4A223 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A223
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A223 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A223 | 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)
#B29F2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a223; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.139 108.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bd6a',
500: '#a4a223',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a223; $custom-light: #c3bd6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a223",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 162,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.07,
"s": 64.824,
"l": 39.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69227,
"c": 0.13946,
"h": 108.6
},
"luminance": 0.33855
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A223
secondary
#6061C3
accent
#43E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A