#A6A421#A6A421

#A6A421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A421
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -13.91, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 63.58, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0454 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2770, 34.7687, 6.6074)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A421 #2123A6

analogous

#A66221 #A6A421 #66A621

triadic

#A6A421 #21A6A4 #A421A6

tetradic

#A6A421 #21A662 #2123A6 #A62166

square

#A6A421 #21A662 #2123A6 #A62166

split-complementary

#A6A421 #2166A6 #6221A6

monochromatic

#403F0D #737217 #A6A421 #D6D32F #E0DE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A6A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A421

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A421	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be69',
    500: '#a6a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a421;
$custom-light: #c4be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69841,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A421

secondary

#5E60C5

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A421

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

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