#A6A173#A6A173

#A6A173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.063 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A173
RGB	rgb(166, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 30.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -5.56, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 25.28, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0138 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.063 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5655, 34.8352, 21.2774)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A173 #7378A6

analogous

#A68873 #A6A173 #91A673

triadic

#A6A173 #73A6A1 #A173A6

tetradic

#A6A173 #73A688 #7378A6 #A67391

square

#A6A173 #73A688 #7378A6 #A67391

split-complementary

#A6A173 #7391A6 #8873A6

monochromatic

#615D3E #868255 #A6A173 #BEBA98 #D6D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A6A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A173

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A173	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.063 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bc9b',
    500: '#a6a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a173;
$custom-light: #c1bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 22.271,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A173

secondary

#B0B2C5

accent

#71BF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A173

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

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