#A6A221#A6A221

#A6A221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.140 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A221
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -12.87, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 62.88, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0425 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.14 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9219, 34.0585, 6.4890)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A221 #2125A6

analogous

#A65F21 #A6A221 #68A621

triadic

#A6A221 #21A6A2 #A221A6

tetradic

#A6A221 #21A65F #2125A6 #A62168

square

#A6A221 #21A65F #2125A6 #A62168

split-complementary

#A6A221 #2168A6 #5F21A6

monochromatic

#403E0D #737017 #A6A221 #D6D12F #E0DC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A6A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A6A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A221

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A221	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)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.140 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd69',
    500: '#a6a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a221;
$custom-light: #c4bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69395,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A221

secondary

#5E61C5

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A221

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

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