#A4A429#A4A429

#A4A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.138 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A429
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -14.48, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 61.09, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0462 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.138 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9866, 34.6044, 7.2498)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A429 #2929A4

analogous

#A46629 #A4A429 #66A429

triadic

#A4A429 #29A4A4 #A429A4

tetradic

#A4A429 #29A466 #2929A4 #A42966

square

#A4A429 #29A466 #2929A4 #A42966

split-complementary

#A4A429 #2966A4 #6629A4

monochromatic

#424211 #73731D #A4A429 #CECE3C #DADA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A4A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A429

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A429	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)

#B29D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.138 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6d',
    500: '#a4a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a429;
$custom-light: #c2be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6971,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A429

secondary

#6868C1

accent

#45E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A429

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

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