#A6A023#A6A023

#A6A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A023
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -11.75, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 61.59, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0392 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6013, 33.3710, 6.5245)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A023 #2329A6

analogous

#A65F23 #A6A023 #6BA623

triadic

#A6A023 #23A6A0 #A023A6

tetradic

#A6A023 #23A65F #2329A6 #A6236B

square

#A6A023 #23A65F #2329A6 #A6236B

split-complementary

#A6A023 #236BA6 #5F23A6

monochromatic

#413F0E #736F18 #A6A023 #D4CC32 #DFD965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A6A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A6A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A023

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A023	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)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb6a',
    500: '#a6a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a023;
$custom-light: #c4bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A023

secondary

#6165C4

accent

#47E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A023

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

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