#A4B22E#A4B22E
#A4B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.150 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4B22E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 178, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 59%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 74%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.42, -21.36, 61.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.42, 65.01, 109.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.91% -0.0649 0.1356) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.91% 0.15 115.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.7242, 39.9311, 8.6205) |
| Luminance | 0.3993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.50
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.75
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.16
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.32
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.35
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B22E #3C2EB2
analogous
#B27E2E #A4B22E #62B22E
triadic
#A4B22E #2EA4B2 #B22EA4
tetradic
#A4B22E #2EB27E #3C2EB2 #B22E62
square
#A4B22E #2EB27E #3C2EB2 #B22E62
split-complementary
#A4B22E #2E62B2 #7E2EB2
monochromatic
#4A5115 #778121 #A4B22E #C3D14C #D3DD7D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#A4B22E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#A4B22E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B22E
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B22E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B22E | 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)
#BFA912
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFA899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b22e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.150 115.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c871',
500: '#a4b22e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b22e; $custom-light: #c2c871; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b22e",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 178,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.364,
"s": 58.929,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72907,
"c": 0.15029,
"h": 115.6
},
"luminance": 0.39931
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B22E
secondary
#7E76C6
accent
#46E256
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131308
muted
#82827B