#a4c427

Color #a4c427

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a4c427

RGB

rgb(164, 196, 39)

HSL

hsl(72.2, 66.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.2, 80.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 80.1%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(74.52, -30.38, 68.23)

LCH

lch(74.52, 74.69, 114)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1741, 121.21)

HWB

hwb(72.2, 15.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4727c4

Analogous

#c49527

#a4c427

#56c427

Triadic

#a4c427

#27a4c4

#c427a4

Split-complementary

#a4c427

#2756c4

#9527c4

Tetradic

#a4c427

#27c447

#4727c4

#c427a4

Square

#a4c427

#27c495

#4727c4

#c42756

Shades

Color #a4c427 mixed toward black.

#89a321

#6d831a

#526214

#37410d

#1b2107

Tints

Color #a4c427 mixed toward white.

#bad940

#c8e166

#d6e88c

#e3f0b3

#f1f7d9

Tones

Color #a4c427 mixed toward gray.

#9cb734

#95aa41

#8d9d4e

#85905b

#7d8368

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b36c · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#b1ae76 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#a6898f · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4c427;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4c427]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a4c427 (#a4c427) is rgb(164, 196, 39) in RGB.

No, #a4c427 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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