#A6A231#A6A231

#A6A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.131 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A231
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -12.17, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 57.49, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0391 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.131 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2017, 34.1704, 7.9625)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A231 #3135A6

analogous

#A66831 #A6A231 #6FA631

triadic

#A6A231 #31A6A2 #A231A6

tetradic

#A6A231 #31A668 #3135A6 #A6316F

square

#A6A231 #31A668 #3135A6 #A6316F

split-complementary

#A6A231 #316FA6 #6831A6

monochromatic

#474615 #777423 #A6A231 #CAC54A #D8D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A6A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A6A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A231

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A231	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.131 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd71',
    500: '#a6a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a231;
$custom-light: #c4bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69493,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A231

secondary

#7375C0

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A231

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