#A4A52A#A4A52A
#A4A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.139 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A52A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 165, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 59%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 75%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74.5%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.73, -14.95, 59.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.73, 61.13, 104.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.94% -0.0474 0.1304) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.94% 0.139 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.1839, 34.9708, 7.4028) |
| Luminance | 0.3497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.47
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.32
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.10
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.53
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.85
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A52A #2B2AA5
analogous
#A5682A #A4A52A #66A52A
triadic
#A4A52A #2AA4A5 #A52AA4
tetradic
#A4A52A #2AA568 #2B2AA5 #A52A66
square
#A4A52A #2AA568 #2B2AA5 #A52A66
split-complementary
#A4A52A #2A66A5 #682AA5
monochromatic
#434311 #74741E #A4A52A #CDCE3E #D9DA6F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#A4A52A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#A4A52A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A52A
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A52A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A52A | 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)
#B29E0F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A134
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a52a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2bf6d',
500: '#a4a52a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a52a; $custom-light: #c2bf6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a52a",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 165,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.488,
"s": 59.42,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6994,
"c": 0.13872,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.3497
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A52A
secondary
#6A69C1
accent
#45E346
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B