#A4A42B#A4A42B

#A4A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A42B
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -14.39, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 60.41, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0457 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.137 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0224, 34.6187, 7.4383)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A42B #2B2BA4

analogous

#A4672B #A4A42B #67A42B

triadic

#A4A42B #2BA4A4 #A42BA4

tetradic

#A4A42B #2BA467 #2B2BA4 #A42B67

square

#A4A42B #2BA467 #2B2BA4 #A42B67

split-complementary

#A4A42B #2B67A4 #672BA4

monochromatic

#434312 #74741E #A4A42B #CDCD3F #D9D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A4A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A42B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A42B	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)

#B19D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6e',
    500: '#a4a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a42b;
$custom-light: #c2be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69722,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A42B

secondary

#6A6AC1

accent

#46E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A42B

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

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