#A4A531#A4A531

#A4A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.134 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A531
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -14.61, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 58.64, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0458 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.134 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3204, 35.0254, 8.1212)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A531 #3231A5

analogous

#A56C31 #A4A531 #6AA531

triadic

#A4A531 #31A4A5 #A531A4

tetradic

#A4A531 #31A56C #3231A5 #A5316A

square

#A4A531 #31A56C #3231A5 #A5316A

split-complementary

#A4A531 #316AA5 #6C31A5

monochromatic

#464715 #757623 #A4A531 #C8C94A #D6D779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A4A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A4A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A531

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A531	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.134 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf71',
    500: '#a4a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a531;
$custom-light: #c2bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A531

secondary

#7372C0

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A531

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

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