#A4A22A#A4A22A

#A4A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.136 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A22A
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -13.39, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 60.00, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0431 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.136 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6492, 33.9013, 7.2245)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A22A #2A2CA4

analogous

#A4652A #A4A22A #69A42A

triadic

#A4A22A #2AA4A2 #A22AA4

tetradic

#A4A22A #2AA465 #2A2CA4 #A42A69

square

#A4A22A #2AA465 #2A2CA4 #A42A69

split-complementary

#A4A22A #2A69A4 #652AA4

monochromatic

#434211 #73721E #A4A22A #CDCB3E #DAD86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A4A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A22A

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A22A	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)

#B09B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.136 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd6d',
    500: '#a4a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a22a;
$custom-light: #c2bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69268,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A22A

secondary

#696AC1

accent

#48E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A22A

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

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