#A4A427#A4A427

#A4A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.139 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A427
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -14.56, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 61.75, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0466 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.139 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9526, 34.5908, 7.0706)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A427 #2727A4

analogous

#A46627 #A4A427 #66A427

triadic

#A4A427 #27A4A4 #A427A4

tetradic

#A4A427 #27A466 #2727A4 #A42766

square

#A4A427 #27A466 #2727A4 #A42766

split-complementary

#A4A427 #2766A4 #6627A4

monochromatic

#41410F #73731B #A4A427 #D0D038 #DCDC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A4A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A427

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A427	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.139 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be6c',
    500: '#a4a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a427;
$custom-light: #c3be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69698,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A427

secondary

#6565C2

accent

#43E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A427

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

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