#A6A42A#A6A42A

#A6A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.137 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A42A
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -13.55, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 60.76, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0436 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4204, 34.8260, 7.3624)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A42A #2A2CA6

analogous

#A6662A #A6A42A #6AA62A

triadic

#A6A42A #2AA6A4 #A42AA6

tetradic

#A6A42A #2AA666 #2A2CA6 #A62A6A

square

#A6A42A #2AA666 #2A2CA6 #A62A6A

split-complementary

#A6A42A #2A6AA6 #662AA6

monochromatic

#444311 #75741E #A6A42A #CECC3F #DBD970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A6A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A42A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A42A	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be6d',
    500: '#a6a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a42a;
$custom-light: #c4be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A42A

secondary

#6A6BC2

accent

#48E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A42A

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

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