#A4A821#A4A821

#A4A821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.146 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A821
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -16.85, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 65.04, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0534 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.146 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5881, 36.0084, 6.8302)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A821 #2521A8

analogous

#A86921 #A4A821 #61A821

triadic

#A4A821 #21A4A8 #A821A4

tetradic

#A4A821 #21A869 #2521A8 #A82161

square

#A4A821 #21A869 #2521A8 #A82161

split-complementary

#A4A821 #2161A8 #6921A8

monochromatic

#40420D #727517 #A4A821 #D1D630 #DDE063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A4A821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A821

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A821	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.146 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16a',
    500: '#a4a821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a821;
$custom-light: #c3c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A821

secondary

#625FC5

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A821

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

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