#A4A823#A4A823

#A4A823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.145 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A823
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -16.78, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 64.47, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0531 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.145 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6169, 36.0199, 6.9822)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A823 #2723A8

analogous

#A86A23 #A4A823 #61A823

triadic

#A4A823 #23A4A8 #A823A4

tetradic

#A4A823 #23A86A #2723A8 #A82361

square

#A4A823 #23A86A #2723A8 #A82361

split-complementary

#A4A823 #2361A8 #6A23A8

monochromatic

#41430E #737518 #A4A823 #D0D534 #DCDF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A4A823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A823

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A823	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: #a4a823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.145 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16b',
    500: '#a4a823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a823;
$custom-light: #c3c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70576,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A823

secondary

#6562C5

accent

#3FE844

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A823

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

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