#A4B417#A4B417

#A4B417 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	#A4B417
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -23.17, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 71.91, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0715 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.163 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7867, 40.5974, 6.9720)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B417 #2717B4

analogous

#B47617 #A4B417 #55B417

triadic

#A4B417 #17A4B4 #B417A4

tetradic

#A4B417 #17B476 #2717B4 #B41755

square

#A4B417 #17B476 #2717B4 #B41755

split-complementary

#A4B417 #1755B4 #7617B4

monochromatic

#414709 #737E10 #A4B417 #D0E325 #DCEA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A4B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B417

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B417	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: #a4b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.163 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca68',
    500: '#a4b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b417;
$custom-light: #c3ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.115,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B417

secondary

#6559CE

accent

#34F447

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B417

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

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