#A4B221#A4B221

#A4B221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.157 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B221
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -21.89, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 68.87, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0673 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.157 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5057, 39.8436, 7.4695)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B221 #2F21B2

analogous

#B27821 #A4B221 #5CB221

triadic

#A4B221 #21A4B2 #B221A4

tetradic

#A4B221 #21B278 #2F21B2 #B2215C

square

#A4B221 #21B278 #2F21B2 #B2215C

split-complementary

#A4B221 #215CB2 #7821B2

monochromatic

#454B0E #747E17 #A4B221 #CADA36 #D8E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4B221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A4B221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B221

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B221	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.157 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c86b',
    500: '#a4b221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b221;
$custom-light: #c3c86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B221

secondary

#6F66C9

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B221

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

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