#A4A523#A4A523

#A4A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.142 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A523
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -15.24, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 63.36, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0488 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.142 110)
XYZ	xyz(29.0694, 34.9250, 6.7997)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A523 #2423A5

analogous

#A56523 #A4A523 #63A523

triadic

#A4A523 #23A4A5 #A523A4

tetradic

#A4A523 #23A565 #2423A5 #A52363

square

#A4A523 #23A565 #2423A5 #A52363

split-complementary

#A4A523 #2363A5 #6523A5

monochromatic

#40400E #727318 #A4A523 #D2D332 #DDDE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A4A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A4A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A523

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A523	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)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.142 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf6a',
    500: '#a4a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a523;
$custom-light: #c3bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69901,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.34924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A523

secondary

#6160C4

accent

#40E841

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A523

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

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