#A4AD38#A4AD38

#A4AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD38
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -18.31, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 59.28, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0554 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.138 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9681, 38.0658, 9.4567)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD38 #4138AD

analogous

#AD7B38 #A4AD38 #6AAD38

triadic

#A4AD38 #38A4AD #AD38A4

tetradic

#A4AD38 #38AD7B #4138AD #AD386A

square

#A4AD38 #38AD7B #4138AD #AD386A

split-complementary

#A4AD38 #386AAD #7B38AD

monochromatic

#4C511A #787F29 #A4AD38 #C1C959 #D2D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A4AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A4AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD38

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c575',
    500: '#a4ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad38;
$custom-light: #c2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD38

secondary

#847FC2

accent

#4DDB58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD38

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

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