#A4AF48#A4AF48

#A4AF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AF48
RGB	rgb(164, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -18.23, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 53.50, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0535 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.128 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8102, 39.0208, 11.9857)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AF48 #5348AF

analogous

#AF8648 #A4AF48 #70AF48

triadic

#A4AF48 #48A4AF #AF48A4

tetradic

#A4AF48 #48AF86 #5348AF #AF4870

square

#A4AF48 #48AF86 #5348AF #AF4870

split-complementary

#A4AF48 #4870AF #8648AF

monochromatic

#535824 #7B8436 #A4AF48 #BBC470 #D0D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A4AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A4AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AF48

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AF48	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c67f',
    500: '#a4af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4af48;
$custom-light: #c1c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.408,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72445,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AF48

secondary

#9690C2

accent

#56D263

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AF48

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

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