#A6A429#A6A429

#A6A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A429
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -13.60, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 61.10, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0438 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4027, 34.8190, 7.2693)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A429 #292BA6

analogous

#A66529 #A6A429 #69A629

triadic

#A6A429 #29A6A4 #A429A6

tetradic

#A6A429 #29A665 #292BA6 #A62969

square

#A6A429 #29A665 #292BA6 #A62969

split-complementary

#A6A429 #2969A6 #6529A6

monochromatic

#444311 #75741D #A6A429 #CFCD3D #DBD96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A6A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A429

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A429	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)

#B29D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be6d',
    500: '#a6a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a429;
$custom-light: #c4be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A429

secondary

#696AC2

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A429

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

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