#A4CD42#A4CD42

#A4CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.169 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CD42
RGB	rgb(164, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -33.19, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 70.20, 118.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0958 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.169 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1248, 51.9482, 13.1716)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CD42 #6B42CD

analogous

#CDB042 #A4CD42 #5ECD42

triadic

#A4CD42 #42A4CD #CD42A4

tetradic

#A4CD42 #42CDB0 #6B42CD #CD425E

square

#A4CD42 #42CDB0 #6B42CD #CD425E

split-complementary

#A4CD42 #425ECD #B042CD

monochromatic

#5C761F #82A62C #A4CD42 #BBDA72 #D3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A4CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#A4CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CD42

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CD42	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.169 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dc7e',
    500: '#a4cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4cd42;
$custom-light: #c2dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.698,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79255,
    "c": 0.16941,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CD42

secondary

#4B357E

accent

#46E174

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CD42

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

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