#A4A22B#A4A22B
#A4A22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.135 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A22B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 162, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 58%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 74%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.8%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.89, -13.35, 58.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.89, 59.66, 102.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.27% -0.0428 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.27% 0.135 108.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6673, 33.9085, 7.3199) |
| Luminance | 0.3391 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.92
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.65
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.30
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.84
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.86
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A22B #2B2DA4
analogous
#A4652B #A4A22B #69A42B
triadic
#A4A22B #2BA4A2 #A22BA4
tetradic
#A4A22B #2BA465 #2B2DA4 #A42B69
square
#A4A22B #2BA465 #2B2DA4 #A42B69
split-complementary
#A4A22B #2B69A4 #652BA4
monochromatic
#434212 #74721E #A4A22B #CDCA3F #D9D870
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#A4A22B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.78
#A4A22B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A22B
7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A22B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A22B | 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)
#B09B13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a22b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.135 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2bd6d',
500: '#a4a22b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a22b; $custom-light: #c2bd6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a22b",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 162,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.008,
"s": 58.454,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69274,
"c": 0.13512,
"h": 108.5
},
"luminance": 0.33908
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A22B
secondary
#6A6CC1
accent
#49E246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B