#A4A42C#A4A42C

#A4A42C 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 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A42C
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -14.34, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 60.06, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0455 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.137 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0410, 34.6261, 7.5361)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A42C #2C2CA4

analogous

#A4682C #A4A42C #68A42C

triadic

#A4A42C #2CA4A4 #A42CA4

tetradic

#A4A42C #2CA468 #2C2CA4 #A42C68

square

#A4A42C #2CA468 #2C2CA4 #A42C68

split-complementary

#A4A42C #2C68A4 #682CA4

monochromatic

#434312 #74741F #A4A42C #CCCC41 #D9D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A4A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A42C

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A42C	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6e',
    500: '#a4a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a42c;
$custom-light: #c2be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69729,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A42C

secondary

#6B6BC0

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A42C

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

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