#A6A040#A6A040

#A6A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A040
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -10.20, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 50.48, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0318 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.118 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2231, 33.6197, 9.7994)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A040 #4046A6

analogous

#A66D40 #A6A040 #79A640

triadic

#A6A040 #40A6A0 #A040A6

tetradic

#A6A040 #40A66D #4046A6 #A64079

square

#A6A040 #40A66D #4046A6 #A64079

split-complementary

#A6A040 #4079A6 #6D40A6

monochromatic

#4E4B1E #7A752F #A6A040 #C2BC61 #D3CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A6A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A6A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A040

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A040	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb79',
    500: '#a6a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a040;
$custom-light: #c3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69182,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A040

secondary

#8487BE

accent

#5BD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A040

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

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