#A4B156#A4B156

#A4B156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B156
RGB	rgb(164, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -18.03, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 48.05, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0516 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.117 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7122, 40.0091, 14.8015)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B156 #6356B1

analogous

#B19156 #A4B156 #77B156

triadic

#A4B156 #56A4B1 #B156A4

tetradic

#A4B156 #56B191 #6356B1 #B15677

square

#A4B156 #56B191 #6356B1 #B15677

split-complementary

#A4B156 #5677B1 #9156B1

monochromatic

#59602C #7F8A40 #A4B156 #BBC480 #D1D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A4B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A4B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B156

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B156	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c888',
    500: '#a4b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b156;
$custom-light: #c1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B156

secondary

#A39DC5

accent

#5BCD6B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B156

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

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