#A4A227#A4A227

#A4A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.137 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A227
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -13.53, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 61.01, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0437 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5975, 33.8806, 6.9523)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A227 #2729A4

analogous

#A46427 #A4A227 #68A427

triadic

#A4A227 #27A4A2 #A227A4

tetradic

#A4A227 #27A464 #2729A4 #A42768

square

#A4A227 #27A464 #2729A4 #A42768

split-complementary

#A4A227 #2768A4 #6427A4

monochromatic

#41400F #73711B #A4A227 #D0CD38 #DCDA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A4A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A227

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A227	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6c',
    500: '#a4a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a227;
$custom-light: #c3bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A227

secondary

#6567C2

accent

#46E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A227

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

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