#A4A279#A4A279

#A4A279 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.057 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A279
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 26.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -6.07, 21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 22.49, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0151 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.057 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6814, 35.1142, 23.1942)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A279 #797BA4

analogous

#A48C79 #A4A279 #90A479

triadic

#A4A279 #79A4A2 #A279A4

tetradic

#A4A279 #79A48C #797BA4 #A47990

square

#A4A279 #79A48C #797BA4 #A47990

split-complementary

#A4A279 #7990A4 #8C79A4

monochromatic

#615F42 #85835B #A4A279 #BDBB9D #D6D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A4A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A4A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A279

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A279	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.057 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbda0',
    500: '#a4a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a279;
$custom-light: #bfbda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 19.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.05667,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A279

secondary

#B3B4C5

accent

#70BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A279

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

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