#A4B549#A4B549

#A4B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B549
RGB	rgb(164, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -21.16, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 55.90, 112.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0617 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.134 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0369, 41.4216, 12.5568)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B549 #5A49B5

analogous

#B59049 #A4B549 #6EB549

triadic

#A4B549 #49A4B5 #B549A4

tetradic

#A4B549 #49B590 #5A49B5 #B5496E

square

#A4B549 #49B590 #5A49B5 #B5496E

split-complementary

#A4B549 #496EB5 #9049B5

monochromatic

#555E26 #7C8937 #A4B549 #BAC774 #D0D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A4B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A4B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B549

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B549	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cb80',
    500: '#a4b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b549;
$custom-light: #c1cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73813,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B549

secondary

#9C94C5

accent

#55D269

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B549

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

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