#A4B040#A4B040

#A4B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B040
RGB	rgb(164, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -19.32, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 57.38, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0574 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.136 115)
XYZ	xyz(31.7613, 39.3138, 10.7647)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B040 #4C40B0

analogous

#B08440 #A4B040 #6CB040

triadic

#A4B040 #40A4B0 #B040A4

tetradic

#A4B040 #40B084 #4C40B0 #B0406C

square

#A4B040 #40B084 #4C40B0 #B0406C

split-complementary

#A4B040 #406CB0 #8440B0

monochromatic

#50561F #7A8330 #A4B040 #BDC766 #D0D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A4B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A4B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B040

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B040	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c77a',
    500: '#a4b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b040;
$custom-light: #c2c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.39313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B040

secondary

#8F89C3

accent

#51D660

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B040

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

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