#A6A137#A6A137

#A6A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A137
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -11.31, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 54.74, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.036 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.126 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1614, 33.8735, 8.6158)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A137 #373CA6

analogous

#A66937 #A6A137 #73A637

triadic

#A6A137 #37A6A1 #A137A6

tetradic

#A6A137 #37A669 #373CA6 #A63773

square

#A6A137 #37A669 #373CA6 #A63773

split-complementary

#A6A137 #3773A6 #6937A6

monochromatic

#4A4819 #787428 #A6A137 #C6C154 #D6D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A6A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A6A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A137

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A137	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc74',
    500: '#a6a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a137;
$custom-light: #c3bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A137

secondary

#7A7DBF

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A137

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

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