#A4A561#A4A561

#A4A561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A561
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -10.70, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 36.67, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0297 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.09 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9231, 35.6665, 16.5623)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A561 #6261A5

analogous

#A58461 #A4A561 #82A561

triadic

#A4A561 #61A4A5 #A561A4

tetradic

#A4A561 #61A584 #6261A5 #A56182

square

#A4A561 #61A584 #6261A5 #A56182

split-complementary

#A4A561 #6182A5 #8461A5

monochromatic

#585933 #7F8049 #A4A561 #BABB88 #D1D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A4A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A4A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A561

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A561	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bf8f',
    500: '#a4a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a561;
$custom-light: #c0bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A561

secondary

#A2A2C0

accent

#64C465

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A561

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

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