#A4B23E#A4B23E
#A4B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4B23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 178, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 48%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 65%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.53, -20.45, 55.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.53, 59.10, 110.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.03% -0.0608 0.1257) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.03% 0.14 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.1005, 40.0816, 10.6020) |
| Luminance | 0.4008 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.62
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.46
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.80
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.90
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 4.20
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 4.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B23E #4C3EB2
analogous
#B2863E #A4B23E #6AB23E
triadic
#A4B23E #3EA4B2 #B23EA4
tetradic
#A4B23E #3EB286 #4C3EB2 #B23E6A
square
#A4B23E #3EB286 #4C3EB2 #B23E6A
split-complementary
#A4B23E #3E6AB2 #863EB2
monochromatic
#50571E #7A852E #A4B23E #BDC964 #D0D992
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#A4B23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.02
#A4B23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B23E
9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B23E | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.02 | 9.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA92E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAB46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEA89A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2c879',
500: '#a4b23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b23e; $custom-light: #c2c879; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 178,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.241,
"s": 48.333,
"l": 47.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73027,
"c": 0.1396,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.40081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B23E
secondary
#8F88C4
accent
#50D860
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8EE
border
#D1D1C9
text
#131309
muted
#82827B