#A4AD52#A4AD52

#A4AD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD52
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -16.36, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 47.97, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0472 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.116 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.7770, 38.3893, 13.7169)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD52 #5B52AD

analogous

#AD8852 #A4AD52 #77AD52

triadic

#A4AD52 #52A4AD #AD52A4

tetradic

#A4AD52 #52AD88 #5B52AD #AD5277

square

#A4AD52 #52AD88 #5B52AD #AD5277

split-complementary

#A4AD52 #5277AD #8852AD

monochromatic

#555A2B #7D833E #A4AD52 #BAC17C #D0D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A4AD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD52

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD52	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c585',
    500: '#a4ad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad52;
$custom-light: #c1c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.934,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD52

secondary

#9D99C2

accent

#5CCC67

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD52

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

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