#A4B437#A4B437

#A4B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.147 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B437
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -21.88, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 62.70, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0655 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.147 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3215, 40.8113, 9.7884)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B437 #4737B4

analogous

#B48537 #A4B437 #65B437

triadic

#A4B437 #37A4B4 #B437A4

tetradic

#A4B437 #37B485 #4737B4 #B43765

square

#A4B437 #37B485 #4737B4 #B43765

split-complementary

#A4B437 #3765B4 #8537B4

monochromatic

#4F561A #798529 #A4B437 #BECD5B #D1DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A4B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A4B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B437

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B437	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.147 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca76',
    500: '#a4b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b437;
$custom-light: #c2ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B437

secondary

#8A81C6

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B437

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

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