#A4B42E#A4B42E

#A4B42E 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 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B42E
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -22.35, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 65.84, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0676 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.153 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1251, 40.7327, 8.7541)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B42E #3E2EB4

analogous

#B4812E #A4B42E #61B42E

triadic

#A4B42E #2EA4B4 #B42EA4

tetradic

#A4B42E #2EB481 #3E2EB4 #B42E61

square

#A4B42E #2EB481 #3E2EB4 #B42E61

split-complementary

#A4B42E #2E61B4 #812EB4

monochromatic

#4B5315 #788322 #A4B42E #C2D24E #D3DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A4B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B42E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B42E	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.153 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca71',
    500: '#a4b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b42e;
$custom-light: #c2ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.164,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73363,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B42E

secondary

#8177C7

accent

#45E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B42E

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

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