#A6A227#A6A227

#A6A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.137 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A227
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -12.64, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 61.03, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0413 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.137 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0136, 34.0951, 6.9718)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A227 #272BA6

analogous

#A66227 #A6A227 #6BA627

triadic

#A6A227 #27A6A2 #A227A6

tetradic

#A6A227 #27A662 #272BA6 #A6276B

square

#A6A227 #27A662 #272BA6 #A6276B

split-complementary

#A6A227 #276BA6 #6227A6

monochromatic

#434110 #74721B #A6A227 #D1CC3A #DCD96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A6A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A6A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A227

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A227	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.137 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd6c',
    500: '#a6a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a227;
$custom-light: #c4bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A227

secondary

#6669C3

accent

#48E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A227

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

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