#A4B837#A4B837

#A4B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.152 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B837
RGB	rgb(164, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -23.86, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 64.47, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.071 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.152 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1406, 42.4496, 10.0614)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B837 #4B37B8

analogous

#B88C37 #A4B837 #64B837

triadic

#A4B837 #37A4B8 #B837A4

tetradic

#A4B837 #37B88C #4B37B8 #B83764

square

#A4B837 #37B88C #4B37B8 #B83764

split-complementary

#A4B837 #3764B8 #8C37B8

monochromatic

#505A1B #7A8929 #A4B837 #BDCF5D #D0DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A4B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A4B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B837

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B837	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.152 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cd76',
    500: '#a4b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b837;
$custom-light: #c2cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.302,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B837

secondary

#8E84C7

accent

#4ADD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B837

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

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