#A4BD21#A4BD21

#A4BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.169 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BD21
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -27.26, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 73.28, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0821 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.169 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7827, 44.3977, 8.2285)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BD21 #3A21BD

analogous

#BD8821 #A4BD21 #56BD21

triadic

#A4BD21 #21A4BD #BD21A4

tetradic

#A4BD21 #21BD88 #3A21BD #BD2156

square

#A4BD21 #21BD88 #3A21BD #BD2156

split-complementary

#A4BD21 #2156BD #8821BD

monochromatic

#4A550F #778918 #A4BD21 #C4DD3E #D4E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A4BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#A4BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BD21

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BD21	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.169 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d06d',
    500: '#a4bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bd21;
$custom-light: #c3d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BD21

secondary

#7C6DCD

accent

#3BED57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BD21

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

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