#A4B230#A4B230
#A4B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.149 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4B230 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 178, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 58%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 73%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.43, -21.26, 60.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.43, 64.33, 109.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.92% -0.0644 0.1345) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.92% 0.149 115.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.7646, 39.9472, 8.8330) |
| Luminance | 0.3995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.62
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.93
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.15
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.21
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.41
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B230 #3E30B2
analogous
#B27F30 #A4B230 #63B230
triadic
#A4B230 #30A4B2 #B230A4
tetradic
#A4B230 #30B27F #3E30B2 #B23063
square
#A4B230 #30B27F #3E30B2 #B23063
split-complementary
#A4B230 #3063B2 #7F30B2
monochromatic
#4B5216 #788223 #A4B230 #C2D050 #D3DD80
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#A4B230 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#A4B230 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B230
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B230 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B230 | 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)
#BFA916
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFA899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b230; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 115.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c872',
500: '#a4b230',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b230; $custom-light: #c2c872; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b230",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 178,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.462,
"s": 57.522,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7292,
"c": 0.14911,
"h": 115.6
},
"luminance": 0.39947
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B230
secondary
#8178C6
accent
#47E158
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131308
muted
#82827B