#A4A479#A4A479

#A4A479 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.059 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A479
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -7.14, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 23.51, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0181 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.059 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0365, 35.8244, 23.3126)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A479 #7979A4

analogous

#A48E79 #A4A479 #8EA479

triadic

#A4A479 #79A4A4 #A479A4

tetradic

#A4A479 #79A48E #7979A4 #A4798E

square

#A4A479 #79A48E #7979A4 #A4798E

split-complementary

#A4A479 #798EA4 #8E79A4

monochromatic

#616142 #85855B #A4A479 #BDBD9D #D6D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A4A479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A4A479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A479

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A479	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.059 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbea0',
    500: '#a4a479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a479;
$custom-light: #bfbea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70769,
    "c": 0.05925,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A479

secondary

#B3B3C5

accent

#6CBC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A479

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

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