#A4A522#A4A522

#A4A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.143 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A522
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -15.27, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 63.65, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.049 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.143 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0548, 34.9191, 6.7226)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A522 #2322A5

analogous

#A56522 #A4A522 #63A522

triadic

#A4A522 #22A4A5 #A522A4

tetradic

#A4A522 #22A565 #2322A5 #A52263

square

#A4A522 #22A565 #2322A5 #A52263

split-complementary

#A4A522 #2263A5 #6522A5

monochromatic

#3F400D #727218 #A4A522 #D3D430 #DEDF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A4A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A4A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A522

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A522	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.143 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf6a',
    500: '#a4a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a522;
$custom-light: #c3bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A522

secondary

#605FC4

accent

#3FE940

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A522

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

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