#A6A342#A6A342

#A6A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A342
RGB	rgb(166, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -11.64, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 50.82, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0357 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.119 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8074, 34.6956, 10.2800)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A342 #4245A6

analogous

#A67142 #A6A342 #77A642

triadic

#A6A342 #42A6A3 #A342A6

tetradic

#A6A342 #42A671 #4245A6 #A64277

square

#A6A342 #42A671 #4245A6 #A64277

split-complementary

#A6A342 #4277A6 #7142A6

monochromatic

#4E4D1F #7A7831 #A6A342 #C1BF64 #D3D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A6A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A6A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A342

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A342	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be7a',
    500: '#a6a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a342;
$custom-light: #c3be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69866,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A342

secondary

#8687BE

accent

#59D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A342

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

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