#A4B416#A4B416

#A4B416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.163 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B416
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -23.19, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 72.10, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0716 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.163 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7769, 40.5935, 6.9202)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B416 #2616B4

analogous

#B47516 #A4B416 #55B416

triadic

#A4B416 #16A4B4 #B416A4

tetradic

#A4B416 #16B475 #2616B4 #B41655

square

#A4B416 #16B475 #2616B4 #B41655

split-complementary

#A4B416 #1655B4 #7516B4

monochromatic

#414709 #727D0F #A4B416 #D1E423 #DCEB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A4B416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B416

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B416	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.163 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca68',
    500: '#a4b416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b416;
$custom-light: #c3ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B416

secondary

#6458CE

accent

#33F547

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B416

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

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