#A4B256#A4B256

#A4B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B256
RGB	rgb(164, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -18.54, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 48.55, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.053 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.118 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9104, 40.4055, 14.8676)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B256 #6456B2

analogous

#B29256 #A4B256 #76B256

triadic

#A4B256 #56A4B2 #B256A4

tetradic

#A4B256 #56B292 #6456B2 #B25676

square

#A4B256 #56B292 #6456B2 #B25676

split-complementary

#A4B256 #5676B2 #9256B2

monochromatic

#59612C #808B3F #A4B256 #BBC580 #D1D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A4B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B256

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B256	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)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c988',
    500: '#a4b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b256;
$custom-light: #c1c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.13,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B256

secondary

#A49EC6

accent

#5ACD6C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B256

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

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