#A4A23E#A4A23E

#A4A23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A23E
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -12.26, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 52.14, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0378 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.122 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1006, 34.0818, 9.6020)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A23E #3E40A4

analogous

#A46F3E #A4A23E #73A43E

triadic

#A4A23E #3EA4A2 #A23EA4

tetradic

#A4A23E #3EA46F #3E40A4 #A43E73

square

#A4A23E #3EA46F #3E40A4 #A43E73

split-complementary

#A4A23E #3E73A4 #6F3EA4

monochromatic

#4B4A1C #78762D #A4A23E #C2C05D #D3D18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A4A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A4A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A23E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A23E	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd78',
    500: '#a4a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a23e;
$custom-light: #c2bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A23E

secondary

#8182BD

accent

#56D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A23E

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

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