#A4A226#A4A226

#A4A226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A226
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -13.57, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 61.33, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0439 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.138 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5811, 33.8740, 6.8661)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A226 #2628A4

analogous

#A46326 #A4A226 #67A426

triadic

#A4A226 #26A4A2 #A226A4

tetradic

#A4A226 #26A463 #2628A4 #A42667

square

#A4A226 #26A463 #2628A4 #A42667

split-complementary

#A4A226 #2667A4 #6326A4

monochromatic

#41400F #72711A #A4A226 #D1CE37 #DCDA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A4A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A226

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A226	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)

#B09B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.138 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6b',
    500: '#a4a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a226;
$custom-light: #c3bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A226

secondary

#6465C2

accent

#45E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A226

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

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