#A6A321#A6A321

#A6A321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.141 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A321
RGB	rgb(166, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -13.39, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 63.23, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0439 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.141 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0988, 34.4122, 6.5480)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A321 #2124A6

analogous

#A66121 #A6A321 #67A621

triadic

#A6A321 #21A6A3 #A321A6

tetradic

#A6A321 #21A661 #2124A6 #A62167

square

#A6A321 #21A661 #2124A6 #A62167

split-complementary

#A6A321 #2167A6 #6121A6

monochromatic

#403F0D #737117 #A6A321 #D6D22F #E0DD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A6A321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A6A321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A321

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A321	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.141 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd69',
    500: '#a6a321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a321;
$custom-light: #c4bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A321

secondary

#5E60C5

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A321

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

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