#A6A228#A6A228

#A6A228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A228
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 75.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -12.60, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 60.70, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0411 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0304, 34.1019, 7.0602)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A228 #282CA6

analogous

#A66328 #A6A228 #6BA628

triadic

#A6A228 #28A6A2 #A228A6

tetradic

#A6A228 #28A663 #282CA6 #A6286B

square

#A6A228 #28A663 #282CA6 #A6286B

split-complementary

#A6A228 #286BA6 #6328A6

monochromatic

#434210 #75721C #A6A228 #D0CB3B #DCD86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A6A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A6A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A228

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A228	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)

#B09B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd6c',
    500: '#a6a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a228;
$custom-light: #c4bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A228

secondary

#676AC2

accent

#49E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A228

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

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