#A4C242#A4C242

#A4C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.156 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C242
RGB	rgb(164, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -28.02, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 64.96, 115.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0815 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.156 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5855, 46.8694, 12.3252)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C242 #6042C2

analogous

#C2A042 #A4C242 #64C242

triadic

#A4C242 #42A4C2 #C242A4

tetradic

#A4C242 #42C2A0 #6042C2 #C24264

square

#A4C242 #42C2A0 #6042C2 #C24264

split-complementary

#A4C242 #4264C2 #A042C2

monochromatic

#586822 #7E9631 #A4C242 #BAD170 #D1E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A4C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#A4C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C242

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C242	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.156 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d47d',
    500: '#a4c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c242;
$custom-light: #c2d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.063,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C242

secondary

#A194CC

accent

#4DDB6E

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C242

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

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