#A4A438#A4A438

#A4A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A438
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -13.69, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 55.50, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0425 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.128 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3001, 34.7298, 8.9007)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A438 #3838A4

analogous

#A46E38 #A4A438 #6EA438

triadic

#A4A438 #38A4A4 #A438A4

tetradic

#A4A438 #38A46E #3838A4 #A4386E

square

#A4A438 #38A46E #3838A4 #A4386E

split-complementary

#A4A438 #386EA4 #6E38A4

monochromatic

#494919 #767628 #A4A438 #C5C554 #D4D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A4A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A4A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A438

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A438	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be75',
    500: '#a4a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a438;
$custom-light: #c2be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A438

secondary

#7A7ABE

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A438

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

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