#A4A449#A4A449

#A4A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A449
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -12.48, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 48.03, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0372 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.114 109)
XYZ	xyz(29.7887, 34.9252, 11.4741)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A449 #4949A4

analogous

#A47749 #A4A449 #77A449

triadic

#A4A449 #49A4A4 #A449A4

tetradic

#A4A449 #49A477 #4949A4 #A44977

square

#A4A449 #49A477 #4949A4 #A44977

split-complementary

#A4A449 #4977A4 #7749A4

monochromatic

#4F4F23 #7A7A36 #A4A449 #BEBE6C #D1D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A4A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A4A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A449

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A449	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be7f',
    500: '#a4a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a449;
$custom-light: #c1be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6999,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.34924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A449

secondary

#8C8CBD

accent

#59CE59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A449

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

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