#A4A565#A4A565

#A4A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.085 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A565
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 26%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 38.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -10.24, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 34.60, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0281 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.085 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1143, 35.7429, 17.5694)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A565 #6665A5

analogous

#A58665 #A4A565 #84A565

triadic

#A4A565 #65A4A5 #A565A4

tetradic

#A4A565 #65A586 #6665A5 #A56584

square

#A4A565 #65A586 #6665A5 #A56584

split-complementary

#A4A565 #6584A5 #8665A5

monochromatic

#5A5B35 #80814C #A4A565 #BBBC8C #D2D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A4A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A4A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A565

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A565	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.085 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bf92',
    500: '#a4a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a565;
$custom-light: #c0bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 26.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A565

secondary

#A5A5C1

accent

#65C367

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F7F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A565

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

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