#A4AD2E#A4AD2E

#A4AD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD2E
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -18.85, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 62.94, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0579 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.145 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7475, 37.9776, 8.2949)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD2E #372EAD

analogous

#AD762E #A4AD2E #64AD2E

triadic

#A4AD2E #2EA4AD #AD2EA4

tetradic

#A4AD2E #2EAD76 #372EAD #AD2E64

square

#A4AD2E #2EAD76 #372EAD #AD2E64

split-complementary

#A4AD2E #2E64AD #762EAD

monochromatic

#484C14 #767D21 #A4AD2E #C5CF49 #D5DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A4AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A4AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD2E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD2E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c570',
    500: '#a4ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad2e;
$custom-light: #c2c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD2E

secondary

#7973C4

accent

#47E152

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD2E

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

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