#A4C042#A4C042

#A4C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C042
RGB	rgb(164, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -27.06, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 64.01, 115.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0788 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.153 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1433, 45.9852, 12.1778)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C042 #5E42C0

analogous

#C09D42 #A4C042 #65C042

triadic

#A4C042 #42A4C0 #C042A4

tetradic

#A4C042 #42C09D #5E42C0 #C04265

square

#A4C042 #42C09D #5E42C0 #C04265

split-complementary

#A4C042 #4265C0 #9D42C0

monochromatic

#576622 #7E9431 #A4C042 #BACF70 #D0DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A4C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#A4C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C042

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C042	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d37d',
    500: '#a4c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c042;
$custom-light: #c2d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76259,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C042

secondary

#9F93CB

accent

#4EDA6D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C042

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

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