#A4B237#A4B237
#A4B237 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 | #A4B237 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 178, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 53%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 69%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.48, -20.89, 58.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.48, 61.82, 109.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.97% -0.0627 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.97% 0.145 115.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.9206, 40.0096, 9.6548) |
| Luminance | 0.4001 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.84
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.14
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.21
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.57
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.60
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B237 #4537B2
analogous
#B28237 #A4B237 #66B237
triadic
#A4B237 #37A4B2 #B237A4
tetradic
#A4B237 #37B282 #4537B2 #B23766
square
#A4B237 #37B282 #4537B2 #B23766
split-complementary
#A4B237 #3766B2 #8237B2
monochromatic
#4E541A #798329 #A4B237 #BFCC5A #D1DB89
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#A4B237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.00
#A4B237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B237
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B237 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B237 | 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)
#BEA924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAB40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEA89A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b237; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.145 115.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c875',
500: '#a4b237',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b237; $custom-light: #c2c875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b237",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 178,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.829,
"s": 52.79,
"l": 45.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72969,
"c": 0.14464,
"h": 115.7
},
"luminance": 0.40009
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B237
secondary
#8880C5
accent
#4CDC5C
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131309
muted
#82827B