#A4C857#A4C857

#A4C857 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.146 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4C857
RGB	rgb(164, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -29.24, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 59.35, 119.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0829 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.146 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6845, 49.8889, 16.6592)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4C857 #7B57C8

analogous

#C8B457 #A4C857 #6CC857

triadic

#A4C857 #57A4C8 #C857A4

tetradic

#A4C857 #57C8B4 #7B57C8 #C8576C

square

#A4C857 #57C8B4 #7B57C8 #C8576C

split-complementary

#A4C857 #576CC8 #B457C8

monochromatic

#617C29 #86AA38 #A4C857 #BDD785 #D6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A4C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#A4C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4C857

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4C857	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.146 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1d88a',
    500: '#a4c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4c857;
$custom-light: #c1d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.115,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4C857

secondary

#B5A6D5

accent

#4EDA7A

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4C857

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

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