#A4B231#A4B231

#A4B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; 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	#A4B231
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -21.21, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 63.99, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0642 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.149 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7855, 39.9556, 8.9429)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B231 #3F31B2

analogous

#B28031 #A4B231 #63B231

triadic

#A4B231 #31A4B2 #B231A4

tetradic

#A4B231 #31B280 #3F31B2 #B23163

square

#A4B231 #31B280 #3F31B2 #B23163

split-complementary

#A4B231 #3163B2 #8031B2

monochromatic

#4C5217 #788224 #A4B231 #C1CF51 #D2DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A4B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B231

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B231	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)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c872',
    500: '#a4b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b231;
$custom-light: #c2c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B231

secondary

#8279C5

accent

#48E058

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B231

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

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