#A4A281#A4A281

#A4A281 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.046 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A281
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -4.90, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 18.15, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0116 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.046 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1925, 35.3186, 25.8859)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A281 #8183A4

analogous

#A49081 #A4A281 #95A481

triadic

#A4A281 #81A4A2 #A281A4

tetradic

#A4A281 #81A490 #8183A4 #A48195

square

#A4A281 #81A490 #8183A4 #A48195

split-complementary

#A4A281 #8195A4 #9081A4

monochromatic

#636148 #878461 #A4A281 #BEBCA5 #D7D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A4A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A4A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A281

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A281	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.046 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbda5',
    500: '#a4a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a281;
$custom-light: #bfbda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70513,
    "c": 0.04606,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A281

secondary

#B9BAC7

accent

#73B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A281

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

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