#A4A42F#A4A42F

#A4A42F 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	#A4A42F
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -14.19, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 58.99, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0448 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.135 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0994, 34.6495, 7.8439)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A42F #2F2FA4

analogous

#A46A2F #A4A42F #6AA42F

triadic

#A4A42F #2FA4A4 #A42FA4

tetradic

#A4A42F #2FA46A #2F2FA4 #A42F6A

square

#A4A42F #2FA46A #2F2FA4 #A42F6A

split-complementary

#A4A42F #2F6AA4 #6A2FA4

monochromatic

#454514 #747421 #A4A42F #CACA46 #D8D876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A4A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A4A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A42F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A42F	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)

#B19D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.135 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be70',
    500: '#a4a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a42f;
$custom-light: #c2be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69749,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A42F

secondary

#6F6FC0

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A42F

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

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