#A4A524#A4A524

#A4A524 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 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A524
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -15.20, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 63.06, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0486 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.142 110)
XYZ	xyz(29.0845, 34.9310, 6.8790)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A524 #2524A5

analogous

#A56624 #A4A524 #64A524

triadic

#A4A524 #24A4A5 #A524A4

tetradic

#A4A524 #24A566 #2524A5 #A52464

square

#A4A524 #24A566 #2524A5 #A52464

split-complementary

#A4A524 #2464A5 #6624A5

monochromatic

#40410E #727319 #A4A524 #D1D334 #DDDE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A4A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A4A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A524

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A524	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	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: #a4a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.142 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf6b',
    500: '#a4a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a524;
$custom-light: #c3bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.3493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A524

secondary

#6262C3

accent

#41E742

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A524

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

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