#A6A427#A6A427

#A6A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.139 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A427
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -13.68, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 61.76, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0442 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.139 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3687, 34.8053, 7.0901)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A427 #2729A6

analogous

#A66427 #A6A427 #69A627

triadic

#A6A427 #27A6A4 #A427A6

tetradic

#A6A427 #27A664 #2729A6 #A62769

square

#A6A427 #27A664 #2729A6 #A62769

split-complementary

#A6A427 #2769A6 #6427A6

monochromatic

#434210 #74731B #A6A427 #D1CE3A #DCDA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A6A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A427

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A427	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be6c',
    500: '#a6a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a427;
$custom-light: #c4be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A427

secondary

#6668C3

accent

#45E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A427

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

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