#A4B540#A4B540

#A4B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B540
RGB	rgb(164, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -21.82, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 59.66, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0644 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7598, 41.3108, 11.0975)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B540 #5140B5

analogous

#B58B40 #A4B540 #69B540

triadic

#A4B540 #40A4B5 #B540A4

tetradic

#A4B540 #40B58B #5140B5 #B54069

square

#A4B540 #40B58B #5140B5 #B54069

split-complementary

#A4B540 #4069B5 #8B40B5

monochromatic

#525B20 #7B8830 #A4B540 #BCCA68 #D0DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A4B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A4B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B540

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B540	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cb7b',
    500: '#a4b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b540;
$custom-light: #c2cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.718,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B540

secondary

#948BC5

accent

#50D764

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B540

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

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