#A4A855#A4A855

#A4A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A855
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -13.51, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 44.13, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0388 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.107 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9528, 36.5543, 14.0177)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A855 #5955A8

analogous

#A88355 #A4A855 #7AA855

triadic

#A4A855 #55A4A8 #A855A4

tetradic

#A4A855 #55A883 #5955A8 #A8557A

square

#A4A855 #55A883 #5955A8 #A8557A

split-complementary

#A4A855 #557AA8 #8355A8

monochromatic

#55572C #7C7F40 #A4A855 #BABD7D #D0D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A4A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A4A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A855

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A855	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c187',
    500: '#a4a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a855;
$custom-light: #c1c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.892,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71031,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A855

secondary

#9B99BF

accent

#5FC964

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A855

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

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