#A4A42E#A4A42E

#A4A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.135 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A42E
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -14.24, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 59.35, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.045 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.135 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0795, 34.6416, 7.7389)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A42E #2E2EA4

analogous

#A4692E #A4A42E #69A42E

triadic

#A4A42E #2EA4A4 #A42EA4

tetradic

#A4A42E #2EA469 #2E2EA4 #A42E69

square

#A4A42E #2EA469 #2E2EA4 #A42E69

split-complementary

#A4A42E #2E69A4 #692EA4

monochromatic

#444413 #747421 #A4A42E #CBCB45 #D8D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A4A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A42E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A42E	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)

#B19D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.135 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be6f',
    500: '#a4a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a42e;
$custom-light: #c2be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A42E

secondary

#6E6EC0

accent

#48DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A42E

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

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