#A6A42B#A6A42B

#A6A42B 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	#A6A42B
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -13.51, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 60.42, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0434 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4385, 34.8333, 7.4578)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A42B #2B2DA6

analogous

#A6662B #A6A42B #6AA62B

triadic

#A6A42B #2BA6A4 #A42BA6

tetradic

#A6A42B #2BA666 #2B2DA6 #A62B6A

square

#A6A42B #2BA666 #2B2DA6 #A62B6A

split-complementary

#A6A42B #2B6AA6 #662BA6

monochromatic

#454412 #75741E #A6A42B #CECB41 #DAD971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A6A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A42B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A42B	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)

#B29D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be6e',
    500: '#a6a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a42b;
$custom-light: #c4be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69897,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A42B

secondary

#6B6DC1

accent

#48E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A42B

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

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