#A6A237#A6A237

#A6A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A237
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -11.84, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 55.13, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0375 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.127 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3369, 34.2244, 8.6743)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A237 #373BA6

analogous

#A66A37 #A6A237 #72A637

triadic

#A6A237 #37A6A2 #A237A6

tetradic

#A6A237 #37A66A #373BA6 #A63772

square

#A6A237 #37A66A #373BA6 #A63772

split-complementary

#A6A237 #3772A6 #6A37A6

monochromatic

#4A4819 #787528 #A6A237 #C6C254 #D6D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A6A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A6A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A237

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A237	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd74',
    500: '#a6a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a237;
$custom-light: #c3bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A237

secondary

#7A7CBF

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A237

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

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