#A4B249#A4B249

#A4B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B249
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -19.66, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 54.47, 111.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0575 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.131 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4334, 40.2148, 12.3557)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B249 #5749B2

analogous

#B28C49 #A4B249 #70B249

triadic

#A4B249 #49A4B2 #B249A4

tetradic

#A4B249 #49B28C #5749B2 #B24970

square

#A4B249 #49B28C #5749B2 #B24970

split-complementary

#A4B249 #4970B2 #8C49B2

monochromatic

#545B25 #7C8737 #A4B249 #BAC573 #D0D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A4B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B249

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B249	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c980',
    500: '#a4b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b249;
$custom-light: #c1c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73133,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B249

secondary

#9993C4

accent

#56D267

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B249

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

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