#A4B236#A4B236
#A4B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.145 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4B236 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 178, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 53%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 70%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.47, -20.94, 58.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.47, 62.19, 109.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.96% -0.063 0.131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.96% 0.145 115.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.8969, 40.0001, 9.5298) |
| Luminance | 0.4000 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.89
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.06
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.19
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.50
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.53
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B236 #4436B2
analogous
#B28236 #A4B236 #66B236
triadic
#A4B236 #36A4B2 #B236A4
tetradic
#A4B236 #36B282 #4436B2 #B23666
square
#A4B236 #36B282 #4436B2 #B23666
split-complementary
#A4B236 #3666B2 #8236B2
monochromatic
#4D541A #798328 #A4B236 #BFCD59 #D1DB88
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#A4B236 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.00
#A4B236 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B236
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B236 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B236 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA922
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAB3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEA899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b236; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.145 115.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c875',
500: '#a4b236',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b236; $custom-light: #c2c875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b236",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 178,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.774,
"s": 53.448,
"l": 45.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72962,
"c": 0.14531,
"h": 115.7
},
"luminance": 0.4
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B236
secondary
#877FC5
accent
#4BDD5B
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131309
muted
#82827B