#A4B42D#A4B42D

#A4B42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.153 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B42D
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -22.40, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 66.17, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0678 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.153 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1056, 40.7250, 8.6515)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B42D #3D2DB4

analogous

#B4812D #A4B42D #61B42D

triadic

#A4B42D #2DA4B4 #B42DA4

tetradic

#A4B42D #2DB481 #3D2DB4 #B42D61

square

#A4B42D #2DB481 #3D2DB4 #B42D61

split-complementary

#A4B42D #2D61B4 #812DB4

monochromatic

#4B5215 #778321 #A4B42D #C2D24C #D3DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A4B42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B42D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B42D	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)

#C1AA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.153 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca71',
    500: '#a4b42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b42d;
$custom-light: #c2ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B42D

secondary

#7F76C7

accent

#45E357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B42D

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

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