#A4B438#A4B438

#A4B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.146 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B438
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -21.82, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 62.33, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0652 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.146 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3457, 40.8210, 9.9159)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B438 #4838B4

analogous

#B48638 #A4B438 #66B438

triadic

#A4B438 #38A4B4 #B438A4

tetradic

#A4B438 #38B486 #4838B4 #B43866

square

#A4B438 #38B486 #4838B4 #B43866

split-complementary

#A4B438 #3866B4 #8638B4

monochromatic

#4F571B #798529 #A4B438 #BECD5D #D1DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A4B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A4B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B438

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B438	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.146 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ca76',
    500: '#a4b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b438;
$custom-light: #c2ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B438

secondary

#8B82C5

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B438

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