#A6901E#A6901E
#A6901E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A6901E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 144, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 69%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 82%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 81.9%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.02, -3.38, 58.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.02, 58.17, 93.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.43% -0.0161 0.1254) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.43% 0.126 97.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.9349, 28.1487, 5.2952) |
| Luminance | 0.2815 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.05
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.33
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 3.35
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.46
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.90
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 4.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A6901E #1E34A6
analogous
#A64C1E #A6901E #78A61E
triadic
#A6901E #1EA690 #901EA6
tetradic
#A6901E #1EA64C #1E34A6 #A61E78
square
#A6901E #1EA64C #1E34A6 #A61E78
split-complementary
#A6901E #1E78A6 #4C1EA6
monochromatic
#3E360B #726315 #A6901E #D8BC29 #E2CC5D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.17
#A6901E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.63
#A6901E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A6901E
6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A6901E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A6901E | 1.00 | 3.17 | 6.63 | 6.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8C00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59427
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4847B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a6901e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 144, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.126 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5b065',
500: '#a6901e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a6901e; $custom-light: #c5b065; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a6901e",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 144,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.294,
"s": 69.388,
"l": 38.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65426,
"c": 0.12638,
"h": 97.3
},
"luminance": 0.28147
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A6901E
secondary
#5A6BC6
accent
#58EC3C
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A