#A4A540#A4A540

#A4A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A540
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -13.69, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 52.53, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0416 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.123 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6913, 35.1737, 10.0746)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A540 #4140A5

analogous

#A57440 #A4A540 #72A540

triadic

#A4A540 #40A4A5 #A540A4

tetradic

#A4A540 #40A574 #4140A5 #A54072

square

#A4A540 #40A574 #4140A5 #A54072

split-complementary

#A4A540 #4072A5 #7440A5

monochromatic

#4C4D1E #78792F #A4A540 #C1C261 #D2D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A4A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A4A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A540

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A540	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf79',
    500: '#a4a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a540;
$custom-light: #c2bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A540

secondary

#8483BE

accent

#54D455

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A540

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

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