#A4A228#A4A228

#A4A228 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	#A4A228
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -13.48, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 60.68, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0435 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6143, 33.8873, 7.0407)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A228 #282AA4

analogous

#A46428 #A4A228 #68A428

triadic

#A4A228 #28A4A2 #A228A4

tetradic

#A4A228 #28A464 #282AA4 #A42868

square

#A4A228 #28A464 #282AA4 #A42868

split-complementary

#A4A228 #2868A4 #6428A4

monochromatic

#424110 #73711C #A4A228 #CFCD3A #DBD96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A4A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A228

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A228	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)

#B09B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd6c',
    500: '#a4a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a228;
$custom-light: #c3bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69256,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A228

secondary

#6668C1

accent

#46E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A228

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

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