#A4E231#A4E231

#A4E231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.204 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E231
RGB	rgb(164, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(81, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -43.49, 73.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 85.21, 120.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.1252 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.204 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0607, 62.5060, 12.7013)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E231 #6F31E2

analogous

#E2C831 #A4E231 #4CE231

triadic

#A4E231 #31A4E2 #E231A4

tetradic

#A4E231 #31E2C8 #6F31E2 #E2314C

square

#A4E231 #31E2C8 #6F31E2 #E2314C

split-complementary

#A4E231 #314CE2 #C831E2

monochromatic

#5E8613 #83BB1A #A4E231 #BCEA67 #D3F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A4E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#A4E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E231

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E231	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.204 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4eb78',
    500: '#a4e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e231;
$custom-light: #c4eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.017,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84034,
    "c": 0.20408,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E231

secondary

#4D2B8C

accent

#36F278

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E231

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

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