#A4AA2E#A4AA2E
#A4AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.142 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4AA2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 170, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 57%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.16, -17.33, 59.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.16, 61.72, 106.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.09% -0.0537 0.131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.09% 0.142 112.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1787, 36.8399, 8.1053) |
| Luminance | 0.3684 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.51
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.22
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.40
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.56
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.16
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4AA2E #342EAA
analogous
#AA722E #A4AA2E #66AA2E
triadic
#A4AA2E #2EA4AA #AA2EA4
tetradic
#A4AA2E #2EAA72 #342EAA #AA2E66
square
#A4AA2E #2EAA72 #342EAA #AA2E66
split-complementary
#A4AA2E #2E66AA #722EAA
monochromatic
#474A14 #767A21 #A4AA2E #C7CD48 #D6DA78
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.51
#A4AA2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.37
#A4AA2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4AA2E
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4AA2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4AA2E | 1.00 | 2.51 | 8.37 | 8.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A216
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A538
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF9F92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4aa2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.142 112.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c370',
500: '#a4aa2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4aa2e; $custom-light: #c2c370; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4aa2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 170,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.903,
"s": 57.407,
"l": 42.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71092,
"c": 0.14157,
"h": 112.3
},
"luminance": 0.36839
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4AA2E
secondary
#7571C3
accent
#47E14F
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B