#A4A42A#A4A42A

#A4A42A 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	#A4A42A
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -14.43, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 60.75, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.046 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.138 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0043, 34.6115, 7.3429)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A42A #2A2AA4

analogous

#A4672A #A4A42A #67A42A

triadic

#A4A42A #2AA4A4 #A42AA4

tetradic

#A4A42A #2AA467 #2A2AA4 #A42A67

square

#A4A42A #2AA467 #2A2AA4 #A42A67

split-complementary

#A4A42A #2A67A4 #672AA4

monochromatic

#434311 #73731E #A4A42A #CDCD3E #DADA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A4A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A42A

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A42A	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)

#B29D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.138 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6d',
    500: '#a4a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a42a;
$custom-light: #c2be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A42A

secondary

#6969C1

accent

#45E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A42A

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

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