#A6A22E#A6A22E

#A6A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A22E
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -12.33, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 58.61, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0398 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1405, 34.1459, 7.6401)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A22E #2E32A6

analogous

#A6662E #A6A22E #6EA62E

triadic

#A6A22E #2EA6A2 #A22EA6

tetradic

#A6A22E #2EA666 #2E32A6 #A62E6E

square

#A6A22E #2EA666 #2E32A6 #A62E6E

split-complementary

#A6A22E #2E6EA6 #662EA6

monochromatic

#464413 #767321 #A6A22E #CCC746 #D9D676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A6A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A6A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A22E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A22E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd6f',
    500: '#a6a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a22e;
$custom-light: #c4bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69472,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A22E

secondary

#6F72C1

accent

#4DE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A22E

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

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