#A4B449#A4B449

#A4B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B449
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -20.66, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 55.42, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0603 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.133 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8343, 41.0164, 12.4893)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B449 #5949B4

analogous

#B48F49 #A4B449 #6FB449

triadic

#A4B449 #49A4B4 #B449A4

tetradic

#A4B449 #49B48F #5949B4 #B4496F

square

#A4B449 #49B48F #5949B4 #B4496F

split-complementary

#A4B449 #496FB4 #8F49B4

monochromatic

#555D26 #7C8837 #A4B449 #BAC774 #D0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A4B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#A4B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B449

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B449	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ca80',
    500: '#a4b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b449;
$custom-light: #c1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.972,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B449

secondary

#9B94C5

accent

#56D268

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B449

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

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