#A6A296#A6A296

#A6A296 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.018 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A296
RGB	rgb(166, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -0.72, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 6.79, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0005 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.018 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1506, 36.1500, 34.0268)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A296 #969AA6

analogous

#A69A96 #A6A296 #A2A696

triadic

#A6A296 #96A6A2 #A296A6

tetradic

#A6A296 #96A69A #969AA6 #A696A2

square

#A6A296 #96A69A #969AA6 #A696A2

split-complementary

#A6A296 #96A2A6 #9A96A6

monochromatic

#696559 #8A8575 #A6A296 #C2BFB7 #DEDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A6A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A6A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A296

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A296	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.018 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bdb4',
    500: '#a6a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a296;
$custom-light: #c0bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71212,
    "c": 0.01767,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A296

secondary

#C9CACF

accent

#639253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A296

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

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