#A4A462#A4A462

#A4A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.088 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A462
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -10.06, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 35.67, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0278 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.088 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7903, 35.3259, 16.7495)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A462 #6262A4

analogous

#A48362 #A4A462 #83A462

triadic

#A4A462 #62A4A4 #A462A4

tetradic

#A4A462 #62A483 #6262A4 #A46283

square

#A4A462 #62A483 #6262A4 #A46283

split-complementary

#A4A462 #6283A4 #8362A4

monochromatic

#585833 #7F7F4A #A4A462 #BABA89 #D1D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A4A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A4A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A462

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A462	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.088 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0be90',
    500: '#a4a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a462;
$custom-light: #c0be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A462

secondary

#A2A2BF

accent

#65C365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A462

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