#A4AE4A#A4AE4A

#A4AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE4A
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -17.56, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 52.14, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0514 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.125 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6826, 38.6595, 12.2703)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE4A #544AAE

analogous

#AE864A #A4AE4A #72AE4A

triadic

#A4AE4A #4AA4AE #AE4AA4

tetradic

#A4AE4A #4AAE86 #544AAE #AE4A72

square

#A4AE4A #4AAE86 #544AAE #AE4A72

split-complementary

#A4AE4A #4A72AE #864AAE

monochromatic

#535825 #7C8338 #A4AE4A #BBC372 #D0D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A4AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE4A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE4A	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c680',
    500: '#a4ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae4a;
$custom-light: #c1c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE4A

secondary

#9792C2

accent

#58D064

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE4A

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

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