#A4B427#A4B427

#A4B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.156 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B427
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -22.66, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 68.01, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.069 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.156 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9982, 40.6820, 8.0858)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B427 #3727B4

analogous

#B47E27 #A4B427 #5DB427

triadic

#A4B427 #27A4B4 #B427A4

tetradic

#A4B427 #27B47E #3727B4 #B4275D

square

#A4B427 #27B47E #3727B4 #B4275D

split-complementary

#A4B427 #275DB4 #7E27B4

monochromatic

#484F11 #76821C #A4B427 #C5D642 #D5E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A4B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B427

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B427	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.156 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca6e',
    500: '#a4b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b427;
$custom-light: #c3ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B427

secondary

#796FC8

accent

#40E753

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B427

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

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