#A4B31D#A4B31D
#A4B31D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.159 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A4B31D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 179, 29) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 72%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 84%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.63, -22.51, 66.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.63, 70.24, 108.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.05% -0.0693 0.1436) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.05% 0.159 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6527, 40.2219, 7.2583) |
| Luminance | 0.4022 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 1.52
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.02
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.55
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 3.04
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.13
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A4B31D #2C1DB3
analogous
#B3771D #A4B31D #59B31D
triadic
#A4B31D #1DA4B3 #B31DA4
tetradic
#A4B31D #1DB377 #2C1DB3 #B31D59
square
#A4B31D #1DB377 #2C1DB3 #B31D59
split-complementary
#A4B31D #1D59B3 #771DB3
monochromatic
#434A0C #747E14 #A4B31D #CCDD30 #D9E664
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.32
#A4B31D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.04
#A4B31D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A4B31D
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A4B31D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A4B31D | 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)
#BFAB2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFA899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a4b31d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 179, 29); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.159 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3c96a',
500: '#a4b31d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a4b31d; $custom-light: #c3c96a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a4b31d",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 179,
"b": 29
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66,
"s": 72.115,
"l": 40.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73048,
"c": 0.15944,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.40221
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A4B31D
secondary
#6B61CB
accent
#39EF4B
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F8F8EC
border
#D1D1C7
text
#131307
muted
#82827A