#A4A43B#A4A43B

#A4A43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A43B
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -13.50, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 54.26, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0416 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.126 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3757, 34.7600, 9.2988)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A43B #3B3BA4

analogous

#A46F3B #A4A43B #6FA43B

triadic

#A4A43B #3BA4A4 #A43BA4

tetradic

#A4A43B #3BA46F #3B3BA4 #A43B6F

square

#A4A43B #3BA46F #3B3BA4 #A43B6F

split-complementary

#A4A43B #3B6FA4 #6F3BA4

monochromatic

#4A4A1B #77772B #A4A43B #C3C359 #D3D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A4A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A4A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A43B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A43B	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)

#B19D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be76',
    500: '#a4a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a43b;
$custom-light: #c2be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A43B

secondary

#7D7DBE

accent

#51D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A43B

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

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