#A4A52B#A4A52B
#A4A52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.138 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4A52B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 165, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 59%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 74%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73.9%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.73, -14.90, 58.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.73, 60.79, 104.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.95% -0.0472 0.1298) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.95% 0.138 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2021, 34.9780, 7.4982) |
| Luminance | 0.3498 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.56
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.42
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.11
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.56
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.88
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4A52B #2C2BA5
analogous
#A5692B #A4A52B #67A52B
triadic
#A4A52B #2BA4A5 #A52BA4
tetradic
#A4A52B #2BA569 #2C2BA5 #A52B67
square
#A4A52B #2BA569 #2C2BA5 #A52B67
split-complementary
#A4A52B #2B67A5 #692BA5
monochromatic
#434412 #74741E #A4A52B #CCCD40 #D9DA71
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#A4A52B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.00
#A4A52B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4A52B
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4A52B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4A52B | 1.00 | 2.63 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4a52b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.138 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2bf6e',
500: '#a4a52b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4a52b; $custom-light: #c2bf6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4a52b",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 165,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.492,
"s": 58.654,
"l": 40.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69947,
"c": 0.13814,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.34977
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4A52B
secondary
#6B6BC1
accent
#46E247
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B