#A4C538#A4C538

#A4C538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.166 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C538
RGB	rgb(164, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -30.06, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 69.98, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.088 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.166 122)
XYZ	xyz(35.9904, 48.1105, 11.1308)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C538 #5938C5

analogous

#C5A038 #A4C538 #5DC538

triadic

#A4C538 #38A4C5 #C538A4

tetradic

#A4C538 #38C5A0 #5938C5 #C5385D

square

#A4C538 #38C5A0 #5938C5 #C5385D

split-complementary

#A4C538 #385DC5 #A038C5

monochromatic

#55661D #7C952A #A4C538 #BAD467 #D0E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A4C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#A4C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C538

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C538	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.166 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d678',
    500: '#a4c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c538;
$custom-light: #c2d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.043,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77332,
    "c": 0.16624,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.48111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C538

secondary

#9B8CCD

accent

#49DF6C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C538

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

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