#A6A021#A6A021

#A6A021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A021
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -11.83, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 62.19, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0396 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.138 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5724, 33.3595, 6.3725)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A021 #2127A6

analogous

#A65E21 #A6A021 #6AA621

triadic

#A6A021 #21A6A0 #A021A6

tetradic

#A6A021 #21A65E #2127A6 #A6216A

square

#A6A021 #21A65E #2127A6 #A6216A

split-complementary

#A6A021 #216AA6 #5E21A6

monochromatic

#403E0D #736F17 #A6A021 #D6CE2F #E0DA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A6A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A6A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A021

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A021	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)

#B19E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.138 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb69',
    500: '#a6a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a021;
$custom-light: #c4bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68949,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A021

secondary

#5E63C5

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A021

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

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