#A4D159#A4D159

#A4D159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.157 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4D159
RGB	rgb(164, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -33.28, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 63.17, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.094 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.157 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9134, 54.2141, 17.8108)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4D159 #8659D1

analogous

#D1C259 #A4D159 #68D159

triadic

#A4D159 #59A4D1 #D159A4

tetradic

#A4D159 #59D1C2 #8659D1 #D15968

square

#A4D159 #59D1C2 #8659D1 #D15968

split-complementary

#A4D159 #5968D1 #C259D1

monochromatic

#648926 #87B933 #A4D159 #BEDE89 #D9ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A4D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#A4D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4D159

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4D159	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.157 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2df8c',
    500: '#a4d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4d159;
$custom-light: #c2df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4D159

secondary

#5D3E90

accent

#48E081

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4D159

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

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