#A6A257#A6A257

#A6A257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A257
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -9.33, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 40.36, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0268 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.097 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3672, 34.6366, 14.1008)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A257 #575BA6

analogous

#A67B57 #A6A257 #83A657

triadic

#A6A257 #57A6A2 #A257A6

tetradic

#A6A257 #57A67B #575BA6 #A65783

square

#A6A257 #57A67B #575BA6 #A65783

split-complementary

#A6A257 #5783A6 #7B57A6

monochromatic

#56542D #7E7B42 #A6A257 #BCB97F #D1CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A6A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A6A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A257

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A257	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd88',
    500: '#a6a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a257;
$custom-light: #c2bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A257

secondary

#9A9CBE

accent

#66C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A257

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

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