#A4A243#A4A243
#A4A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A243 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 162, 67) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 42%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 59%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 59.1%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.07, -11.90, 48.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.07, 49.92, 103.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.48% -0.0362 0.1116) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.48% 0.117 108) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2442, 34.1393, 10.3581) |
| Luminance | 0.3414 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.59
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 4.77
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.41
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.93
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.05
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A243 #4345A4
analogous
#A47143 #A4A243 #75A443
triadic
#A4A243 #43A4A2 #A243A4
tetradic
#A4A243 #43A471 #4345A4 #A44375
square
#A4A243 #43A471 #4345A4 #A44375
split-complementary
#A4A243 #4375A4 #7143A4
monochromatic
#4D4C1F #797731 #A4A243 #C0BE64 #D2D090
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#A4A243 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.83
#A4A243 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A243
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A243 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A243 | 1.00 | 2.68 | 7.83 | 7.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9C38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A048
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF988E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a243; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 67); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 108.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1bd7b',
500: '#a4a243',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a243; $custom-light: #c1bd7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a243",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 162,
"b": 67
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.763,
"s": 41.991,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69479,
"c": 0.11733,
"h": 108
},
"luminance": 0.34138
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A243
secondary
#8687BD
accent
#59D256
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6EE
border
#D1D0C9
text
#13120A
muted
#82817C