#A6A255#A6A255

#A6A255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A255
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 48.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -9.52, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 41.36, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0275 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.1 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.2866, 34.6044, 13.6765)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A255 #5559A6

analogous

#A67A55 #A6A255 #82A655

triadic

#A6A255 #55A6A2 #A255A6

tetradic

#A6A255 #55A67A #5559A6 #A65582

square

#A6A255 #55A67A #5559A6 #A65582

split-complementary

#A6A255 #5582A6 #7A55A6

monochromatic

#55532C #7E7B40 #A6A255 #BCB97C #D1CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A6A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A6A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A255

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A255	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd87',
    500: '#a6a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a255;
$custom-light: #c2bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.34604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A255

secondary

#999ABE

accent

#65C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A255

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

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