#A4A249#A4A249

#A4A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A249
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -11.43, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 47.15, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0342 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.112 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4336, 34.2150, 11.3557)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A249 #494BA4

analogous

#A47549 #A4A249 #79A449

triadic

#A4A249 #49A4A2 #A249A4

tetradic

#A4A249 #49A475 #494BA4 #A44979

square

#A4A249 #49A475 #494BA4 #A44979

split-complementary

#A4A249 #4979A4 #7549A4

monochromatic

#4F4E23 #7A7836 #A4A249 #BEBC6C #D1CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A4A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A4A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A249

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A249	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bd7f',
    500: '#a4a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a249;
$custom-light: #c1bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69546,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A249

secondary

#8C8DBD

accent

#5CCE59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A249

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

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