#A4B151#A4B151

#A4B151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B151
RGB	rgb(164, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -18.49, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 50.38, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0533 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.122 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5177, 39.9313, 13.7775)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B151 #5E51B1

analogous

#B18E51 #A4B151 #74B151

triadic

#A4B151 #51A4B1 #B151A4

tetradic

#A4B151 #51B18E #5E51B1 #B15174

square

#A4B151 #51B18E #5E51B1 #B15174

split-complementary

#A4B151 #5174B1 #8E51B1

monochromatic

#575E2A #7E883D #A4B151 #BAC47B #D0D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A4B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B151

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B151	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c885',
    500: '#a4b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b151;
$custom-light: #c1c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B151

secondary

#9F9AC4

accent

#5ACE6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B151

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

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