#A4A822#A4A822

#A4A822 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	#A4A822
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -16.81, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 64.76, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0533 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.146 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6023, 36.0141, 6.9051)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A822 #2622A8

analogous

#A86922 #A4A822 #61A822

triadic

#A4A822 #22A4A8 #A822A4

tetradic

#A4A822 #22A869 #2622A8 #A82261

square

#A4A822 #22A869 #2622A8 #A82261

split-complementary

#A4A822 #2261A8 #6922A8

monochromatic

#41420D #727518 #A4A822 #D1D532 #DCE065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A4A822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A822

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A822	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)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.146 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16a',
    500: '#a4a822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a822;
$custom-light: #c3c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70571,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A822

secondary

#6461C5

accent

#3FE944

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A822

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

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