#A6A138#A6A138

#A6A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A138
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -11.25, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 54.32, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0357 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.125 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1856, 33.8832, 8.7434)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A138 #383DA6

analogous

#A66A38 #A6A138 #74A638

triadic

#A6A138 #38A6A1 #A138A6

tetradic

#A6A138 #38A66A #383DA6 #A63874

square

#A6A138 #38A66A #383DA6 #A63874

split-complementary

#A6A138 #3874A6 #6A38A6

monochromatic

#4A4819 #787529 #A6A138 #C6C155 #D5D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A6A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A6A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A138

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A138	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc74',
    500: '#a6a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a138;
$custom-light: #c3bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69328,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A138

secondary

#7B7EBF

accent

#55D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A138

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

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