#A4B22D#A4B22D

#A4B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.151 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B22D
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -21.41, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 65.34, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0651 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.151 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7048, 39.9233, 8.5179)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B22D #3B2DB2

analogous

#B27D2D #A4B22D #61B22D

triadic

#A4B22D #2DA4B2 #B22DA4

tetradic

#A4B22D #2DB27D #3B2DB2 #B22D61

square

#A4B22D #2DB27D #3B2DB2 #B22D61

split-complementary

#A4B22D #2D61B2 #7D2DB2

monochromatic

#4A5014 #778121 #A4B22D #C3D14B #D3DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A4B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B22D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B22D	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)

#BFA90F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.151 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c870',
    500: '#a4b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b22d;
$custom-light: #c2c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B22D

secondary

#7D75C6

accent

#45E356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B22D

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

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