#A4AD51#A4AD51

#A4AD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD51
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -16.45, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 48.44, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0476 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.117 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.7392, 38.3742, 13.5180)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD51 #5A51AD

analogous

#AD8851 #A4AD51 #76AD51

triadic

#A4AD51 #51A4AD #AD51A4

tetradic

#A4AD51 #51AD88 #5A51AD #AD5176

square

#A4AD51 #51AD88 #5A51AD #AD5176

split-complementary

#A4AD51 #5176AD #8851AD

monochromatic

#555A2A #7C833D #A4AD51 #BAC17A #D0D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD51

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD51	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c585',
    500: '#a4ad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad51;
$custom-light: #c1c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.87,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD51

secondary

#9C98C2

accent

#5CCC67

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD51

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

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