#A4A61D#A4A61D

#A4A61D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.146 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A61D
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -15.96, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 65.38, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0512 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.146 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1689, 35.2545, 6.4304)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A61D #1F1DA6

analogous

#A6631D #A4A61D #5FA61D

triadic

#A4A61D #1DA4A6 #A61DA4

tetradic

#A4A61D #1DA663 #1F1DA6 #A61D5F

square

#A4A61D #1DA663 #1F1DA6 #A61D5F

split-complementary

#A4A61D #1D5FA6 #631DA6

monochromatic

#3D3E0B #717214 #A4A61D #D7D927 #E0E25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A4A61D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A4A61D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A61D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A61D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A61D	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a61d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.146 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c068',
    500: '#a4a61d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a61d;
$custom-light: #c3c068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a61d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A61D

secondary

#5A59C6

accent

#3BED3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A61D

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

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