#A4B229#A4B229

#A4B229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.153 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B229
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -21.58, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 66.60, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0659 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.153 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6314, 39.8939, 8.1314)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B229 #3729B2

analogous

#B27B29 #A4B229 #60B229

triadic

#A4B229 #29A4B2 #B229A4

tetradic

#A4B229 #29B27B #3729B2 #B22960

square

#A4B229 #29B27B #3729B2 #B22960

split-complementary

#A4B229 #2960B2 #7B29B2

monochromatic

#484F12 #76801E #A4B229 #C5D444 #D5DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A4B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B229

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B229	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.153 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c86e',
    500: '#a4b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b229;
$custom-light: #c3c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B229

secondary

#7970C7

accent

#42E653

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B229

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

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