#A6A242#A6A242

#A6A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A242
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -11.11, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 50.40, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0342 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.118 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6305, 34.3419, 10.2210)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A242 #4246A6

analogous

#A67042 #A6A242 #78A642

triadic

#A6A242 #42A6A2 #A242A6

tetradic

#A6A242 #42A670 #4246A6 #A64278

square

#A6A242 #42A670 #4246A6 #A64278

split-complementary

#A6A242 #4278A6 #7042A6

monochromatic

#4E4D1F #7A7731 #A6A242 #C1BE64 #D3D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A6A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A6A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A242

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A242	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd7a',
    500: '#a6a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a242;
$custom-light: #c3bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69645,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A242

secondary

#8688BE

accent

#5AD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A242

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

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