#A6A121#A6A121

#A6A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.139 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A121
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -12.35, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 62.54, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.041 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.139 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7465, 33.7076, 6.4305)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A121 #2126A6

analogous

#A65F21 #A6A121 #69A621

triadic

#A6A121 #21A6A1 #A121A6

tetradic

#A6A121 #21A65F #2126A6 #A62169

square

#A6A121 #21A65F #2126A6 #A62169

split-complementary

#A6A121 #2169A6 #5F21A6

monochromatic

#403E0D #736F17 #A6A121 #D6CF2F #E0DB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A6A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A6A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A121

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A121	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.139 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc69',
    500: '#a6a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a121;
$custom-light: #c4bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69172,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A121

secondary

#5E62C5

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A121

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

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