#A4A481#A4A481

#A4A481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.049 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A481
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -5.98, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 19.18, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0147 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.049 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5476, 36.0288, 26.0043)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A481 #8181A4

analogous

#A49381 #A4A481 #93A481

triadic

#A4A481 #81A4A4 #A481A4

tetradic

#A4A481 #81A493 #8181A4 #A48193

square

#A4A481 #81A493 #8181A4 #A48193

split-complementary

#A4A481 #8193A4 #9381A4

monochromatic

#636348 #878761 #A4A481 #BEBEA5 #D7D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A4A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A481

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A481	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.049 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbea5',
    500: '#a4a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a481;
$custom-light: #bfbea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A481

secondary

#B9B9C7

accent

#6FB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A481

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

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