#A4B059#A4B059

#A4B059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B059
RGB	rgb(164, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -17.24, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 46.12, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.049 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.113 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6388, 39.6648, 15.3859)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B059 #6559B0

analogous

#B09159 #A4B059 #79B059

triadic

#A4B059 #59A4B0 #B059A4

tetradic

#A4B059 #59B091 #6559B0 #B05979

square

#A4B059 #59B091 #6559B0 #B05979

split-complementary

#A4B059 #5979B0 #9159B0

monochromatic

#5A612E #808A42 #A4B059 #BBC482 #D1D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A4B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A4B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B059

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B059	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c78a',
    500: '#a4b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b059;
$custom-light: #c1c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B059

secondary

#A59FC5

accent

#5CCC6C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B059

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

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