#A4CE42#A4CE42

#A4CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.171 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4CE42
RGB	rgb(164, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -33.66, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 70.68, 118.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0971 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.171 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3648, 52.4281, 13.2516)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4CE42 #6C42CE

analogous

#CEB242 #A4CE42 #5ECE42

triadic

#A4CE42 #42A4CE #CE42A4

tetradic

#A4CE42 #42CEB2 #6C42CE #CE425E

square

#A4CE42 #42CEB2 #6C42CE #CE425E

split-complementary

#A4CE42 #425ECE #B242CE

monochromatic

#5C771F #82A72B #A4CE42 #BBDB73 #D3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A4CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#A4CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4CE42

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4CE42	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.171 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2dd7e',
    500: '#a4ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ce42;
$custom-light: #c2dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4CE42

secondary

#4B357F

accent

#46E275

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4CE42

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

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