#A4B738#A4B738

#A4B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.150 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B738
RGB	rgb(164, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -23.31, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 63.66, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0694 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.15 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9579, 42.0454, 10.1200)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B738 #4B38B7

analogous

#B78A38 #A4B738 #65B738

triadic

#A4B738 #38A4B7 #B738A4

tetradic

#A4B738 #38B78A #4B38B7 #B73865

square

#A4B738 #38B78A #4B38B7 #B73865

split-complementary

#A4B738 #3865B7 #8A38B7

monochromatic

#50591B #7A882A #A4B738 #BDCE5E #D0DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A4B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A4B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B738

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B738	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.150 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cc76',
    500: '#a4b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b738;
$custom-light: #c2cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.976,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B738

secondary

#8E84C7

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B738

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

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