#A4A490#A4A490

#A4A490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.028 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A490
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -3.58, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 11.00, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0083 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.028 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6188, 36.4573, 31.6460)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A490 #9090A4

analogous

#A49A90 #A4A490 #9AA490

triadic

#A4A490 #90A4A4 #A490A4

tetradic

#A4A490 #90A49A #9090A4 #A4909A

square

#A4A490 #90A49A #9090A4 #A4909A

split-complementary

#A4A490 #909AA4 #9A90A4

monochromatic

#666654 #88886F #A4A490 #C0C0B2 #DBDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A4A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A4A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A490

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A490	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.028 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbeb0',
    500: '#a4a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a490;
$custom-light: #bfbeb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.901,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.02821,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A490

secondary

#C4C4CC

accent

#529452

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A490

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

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