#A6A21D#A6A21D

#A6A21D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A21D
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -13.00, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 63.99, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0431 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8692, 34.0374, 6.2113)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A21D #1D21A6

analogous

#A65D1D #A6A21D #65A61D

triadic

#A6A21D #1DA6A2 #A21DA6

tetradic

#A6A21D #1DA65D #1D21A6 #A61D65

square

#A6A21D #1DA65D #1D21A6 #A61D65

split-complementary

#A6A21D #1D65A6 #5D1DA6

monochromatic

#3E3C0B #726F14 #A6A21D #D9D427 #E2DE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A6A21D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A6A21D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A21D

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A21D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A21D	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a21d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd67',
    500: '#a6a21d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a21d;
$custom-light: #c4bd67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a21d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69376,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A21D

secondary

#595CC6

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A21D

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

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