#A4A230#A4A230

#A4A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A230
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -13.10, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 57.84, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0417 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.132 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7647, 33.9475, 7.8330)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A230 #3032A4

analogous

#A46830 #A4A230 #6CA430

triadic

#A4A230 #30A4A2 #A230A4

tetradic

#A4A230 #30A468 #3032A4 #A4306C

square

#A4A230 #30A468 #3032A4 #A4306C

split-complementary

#A4A230 #306CA4 #6830A4

monochromatic

#454414 #757322 #A4A230 #C9C748 #D7D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A4A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A230

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A230	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd70',
    500: '#a4a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a230;
$custom-light: #c2bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69309,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A230

secondary

#7072BF

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A230

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

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