#A4B255#A4B255

#A4B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.119 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B255
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -18.63, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 49.02, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0534 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.119 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8704, 40.3895, 14.6569)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B255 #6355B2

analogous

#B29255 #A4B255 #76B255

triadic

#A4B255 #55A4B2 #B255A4

tetradic

#A4B255 #55B292 #6355B2 #B25576

square

#A4B255 #55B292 #6355B2 #B25576

split-complementary

#A4B255 #5576B2 #9255B2

monochromatic

#59612C #7F8B3F #A4B255 #BBC57F #D1D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A4B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B255

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B255	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.119 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c987',
    500: '#a4b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b255;
$custom-light: #c1c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.032,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B255

secondary

#A39DC6

accent

#5ACE6C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B255

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

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