#A4A48A#A4A48A

#A4A48A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.036 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A48A
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -4.57, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 14.28, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0108 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.036 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1724, 36.2787, 29.2948)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A48A #8A8AA4

analogous

#A4978A #A4A48A #97A48A

triadic

#A4A48A #8AA4A4 #A48AA4

tetradic

#A4A48A #8AA497 #8A8AA4 #A48A97

square

#A4A48A #8AA497 #8A8AA4 #A48A97

split-complementary

#A4A48A #8A97A4 #978AA4

monochromatic

#65654F #878769 #A4A48A #BFBFAC #DADACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A4A48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A4A48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A48A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A48A	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.036 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbeac',
    500: '#a4a48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a48a;
$custom-light: #bfbeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A48A

secondary

#C0C0CA

accent

#72B572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A48A

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

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