#A6A022#A6A022

#A6A022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A022
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -11.79, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 61.90, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0394 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.138 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5866, 33.3652, 6.4474)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A022 #2228A6

analogous

#A65E22 #A6A022 #6AA622

triadic

#A6A022 #22A6A0 #A022A6

tetradic

#A6A022 #22A65E #2228A6 #A6226A

square

#A6A022 #22A65E #2228A6 #A6226A

split-complementary

#A6A022 #226AA6 #5E22A6

monochromatic

#403E0D #736F18 #A6A022 #D5CD30 #DFD963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A6A022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A6A022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A022

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A022	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)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.138 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb69',
    500: '#a6a022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a022;
$custom-light: #c4bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68955,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A022

secondary

#5F64C4

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A022

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

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