#A4B42A#A4B42A

#A4B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.155 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B42A
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -22.53, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 67.12, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0684 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.155 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0499, 40.7027, 8.3581)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B42A #3A2AB4

analogous

#B47F2A #A4B42A #5FB42A

triadic

#A4B42A #2AA4B4 #B42AA4

tetradic

#A4B42A #2AB47F #3A2AB4 #B42A5F

square

#A4B42A #2AB47F #3A2AB4 #B42A5F

split-complementary

#A4B42A #2A5FB4 #7F2AB4

monochromatic

#4A5113 #77821E #A4B42A #C4D447 #D4E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A4B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B42A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B42A	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)

#C1AA03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.155 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ca6f',
    500: '#a4b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b42a;
$custom-light: #c3ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.957,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B42A

secondary

#7C72C8

accent

#43E555

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B42A

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

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