#A4A824#A4A824

#A4A824 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 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A824
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -16.74, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 64.18, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0529 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.145 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6320, 36.0259, 7.0615)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A824 #2824A8

analogous

#A86A24 #A4A824 #62A824

triadic

#A4A824 #24A4A8 #A824A4

tetradic

#A4A824 #24A86A #2824A8 #A82462

square

#A4A824 #24A86A #2824A8 #A82462

split-complementary

#A4A824 #2462A8 #6A24A8

monochromatic

#42430E #737619 #A4A824 #CFD435 #DBDF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A4A824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A824

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A824	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.145 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c16b',
    500: '#a4a824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a824;
$custom-light: #c3c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A824

secondary

#6663C4

accent

#40E845

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A824

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

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