#A4A231#A4A231

#A4A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A231
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -13.05, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 57.46, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0414 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.131 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7856, 33.9558, 7.9429)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A231 #3133A4

analogous

#A46931 #A4A231 #6CA431

triadic

#A4A231 #31A4A2 #A231A4

tetradic

#A4A231 #31A469 #3133A4 #A4316C

square

#A4A231 #31A469 #3133A4 #A4316C

split-complementary

#A4A231 #316CA4 #6931A4

monochromatic

#464515 #757323 #A4A231 #C9C749 #D7D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A4A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A4A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A231

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A231	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd71',
    500: '#a4a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a231;
$custom-light: #c2bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69317,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A231

secondary

#7273BF

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A231

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

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