#A4A970#A4A970

#A4A970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.077 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A970
RGB	rgb(164, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(65, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 33.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -11.01, 28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 30.90, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0295 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.077 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4226, 37.4387, 20.8445)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A970 #7570A9

analogous

#A99170 #A4A970 #88A970

triadic

#A4A970 #70A4A9 #A970A4

tetradic

#A4A970 #70A991 #7570A9 #A97088

square

#A4A970 #70A991 #7570A9 #A97088

split-complementary

#A4A970 #7088A9 #9170A9

monochromatic

#60633C #848953 #A4A970 #BCC096 #D5D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A4A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A4A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A970

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A970	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.077 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc299',
    500: '#a4a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a970;
$custom-light: #bfc299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 24.891,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A970

secondary

#B1AEC6

accent

#66C16E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A970

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

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