#A4B31E#A4B31E

#A4B31E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.159 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B31E
RGB	rgb(164, 179, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -22.48, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 70.01, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0692 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.159 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6652, 40.2270, 7.3245)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B31E #2D1EB3

analogous

#B3771E #A4B31E #59B31E

triadic

#A4B31E #1EA4B3 #B31EA4

tetradic

#A4B31E #1EB377 #2D1EB3 #B31E59

square

#A4B31E #1EB377 #2D1EB3 #B31E59

split-complementary

#A4B31E #1E59B3 #771EB3

monochromatic

#444A0C #747F15 #A4B31E #CBDD32 #D9E566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4B31E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A4B31E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B31E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B31E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B31E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	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: #a4b31e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 179, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.159 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c96a',
    500: '#a4b31e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b31e;
$custom-light: #c3c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b31e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.04,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73052,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B31E

secondary

#6D62CB

accent

#3AEE4C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B31E

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

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