#A4A237#A4A237

#A4A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A237
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -12.71, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 55.10, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0398 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.127 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9208, 34.0099, 8.6548)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A237 #3739A4

analogous

#A46B37 #A4A237 #6FA437

triadic

#A4A237 #37A4A2 #A237A4

tetradic

#A4A237 #37A46B #3739A4 #A4376F

square

#A4A237 #37A46B #3739A4 #A4376F

split-complementary

#A4A237 #376FA4 #6B37A4

monochromatic

#484718 #767528 #A4A237 #C5C353 #D5D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A4A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A4A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A237

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A237	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd74',
    500: '#a4a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a237;
$custom-light: #c2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69364,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A237

secondary

#797ABE

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A237

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

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