#A4C261#A4C261

#A4C261 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C261
RGB	rgb(164, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(79, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -25.39, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 51.74, 119.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0713 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.129 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7594, 47.3390, 18.5077)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C261 #7F61C2

analogous

#C2B061 #A4C261 #74C261

triadic

#A4C261 #61A4C2 #C261A4

tetradic

#A4C261 #61C2B0 #7F61C2 #C26174

square

#A4C261 #61C2B0 #7F61C2 #C26174

split-complementary

#A4C261 #6174C2 #B061C2

monochromatic

#637A2F #86A640 #A4C261 #BDD38D #D7E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A4C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#A4C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C261

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C261	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1d490',
    500: '#a4c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c261;
$custom-light: #c1d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.557,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77056,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C261

secondary

#B8ACD3

accent

#54D47B

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#12140D

muted

#81837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C261

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

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