#A4B317#A4B317

#A4B317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.161 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B317
RGB	rgb(164, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -22.67, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 71.53, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0701 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.161 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5856, 40.1951, 6.9050)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B317 #2617B3

analogous

#B37417 #A4B317 #56B317

triadic

#A4B317 #17A4B3 #B317A4

tetradic

#A4B317 #17B374 #2617B3 #B31756

square

#A4B317 #17B374 #2617B3 #B31756

split-complementary

#A4B317 #1756B3 #7417B3

monochromatic

#414709 #727D10 #A4B317 #D1E324 #DCEA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4B317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A4B317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B317

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B317	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.161 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c968',
    500: '#a4b317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b317;
$custom-light: #c3c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B317

secondary

#6458CD

accent

#34F446

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B317

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

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