#A6A01D#A6A01D

#A6A01D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A01D
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -11.96, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 63.31, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0402 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5197, 33.3384, 6.0948)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A01D #1D23A6

analogous

#A65B1D #A6A01D #67A61D

triadic

#A6A01D #1DA6A0 #A01DA6

tetradic

#A6A01D #1DA65B #1D23A6 #A61D67

square

#A6A01D #1DA65B #1D23A6 #A61D67

split-complementary

#A6A01D #1D67A6 #5B1DA6

monochromatic

#3E3C0B #726E14 #A6A01D #D9D127 #E2DC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A6A01D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A6A01D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A01D

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A01D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A01D	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a01d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb67',
    500: '#a6a01d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a01d;
$custom-light: #c4bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a01d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68931,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A01D

secondary

#595DC6

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A01D

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

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