#A4AD37#A4AD37

#A4AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD37
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -18.37, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 59.66, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0557 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.139 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9439, 38.0561, 9.3292)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD37 #4037AD

analogous

#AD7B37 #A4AD37 #69AD37

triadic

#A4AD37 #37A4AD #AD37A4

tetradic

#A4AD37 #37AD7B #4037AD #AD3769

square

#A4AD37 #37AD7B #4037AD #AD3769

split-complementary

#A4AD37 #3769AD #7B37AD

monochromatic

#4C5019 #787F28 #A4AD37 #C1CA57 #D2D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A4AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A4AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD37

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD37	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c575',
    500: '#a4ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad37;
$custom-light: #c2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD37

secondary

#837DC2

accent

#4DDB57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD37

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

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