#A6A142#A6A142

#A6A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A142
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -10.59, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 49.99, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0327 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.117 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4551, 33.9910, 10.1625)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A142 #4247A6

analogous

#A66F42 #A6A142 #79A642

triadic

#A6A142 #42A6A1 #A142A6

tetradic

#A6A142 #42A66F #4247A6 #A64279

square

#A6A142 #42A66F #4247A6 #A64279

split-complementary

#A6A142 #4279A6 #6F42A6

monochromatic

#4E4C1F #7A7731 #A6A142 #C1BD64 #D3CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A6A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A6A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A142

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A142	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc7a',
    500: '#a6a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a142;
$custom-light: #c3bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69424,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A142

secondary

#8689BE

accent

#5BD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A142

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

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