#A4AF27#A4AF27

#A4AF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.151 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AF27
RGB	rgb(164, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -20.17, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 66.00, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0621 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.151 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0070, 38.6995, 7.7554)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AF27 #3227AF

analogous

#AF7627 #A4AF27 #60AF27

triadic

#A4AF27 #27A4AF #AF27A4

tetradic

#A4AF27 #27AF76 #3227AF #AF2760

square

#A4AF27 #27AF76 #3227AF #AF2760

split-complementary

#A4AF27 #2760AF #7627AF

monochromatic

#464B11 #757D1C #A4AF27 #C8D43F #D6DF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4AF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A4AF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AF27

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AF27	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4af27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.151 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66d',
    500: '#a4af27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4af27;
$custom-light: #c3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4af27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AF27

secondary

#736BC6

accent

#41E74F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AF27

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

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