#A6A42C#A6A42C
#A6A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.136 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A6A42C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 164, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 58%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 73%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.5%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.62, -13.46, 58.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.62, 60.07, 102.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.9% -0.0432 0.1291) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.9% 0.136 108.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.4571, 34.8407, 7.5556) |
| Luminance | 0.3484 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.83
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.46
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.76
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.87
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.32
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A6A42C #2C2EA6
analogous
#A6672C #A6A42C #6BA62C
triadic
#A6A42C #2CA6A4 #A42CA6
tetradic
#A6A42C #2CA667 #2C2EA6 #A62C6B
square
#A6A42C #2CA667 #2C2EA6 #A62C6B
split-complementary
#A6A42C #2C6BA6 #672CA6
monochromatic
#454412 #76741F #A6A42C #CDCB42 #DAD873
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#A6A42C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.97
#A6A42C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A6A42C
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A6A42C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A6A42C | 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)
#B29D14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2998D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a6a42c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.136 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4be6e',
500: '#a6a42c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a6a42c; $custom-light: #c4be6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a6a42c",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 164,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.016,
"s": 58.095,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69904,
"c": 0.13614,
"h": 108.5
},
"luminance": 0.3484
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A6A42C
secondary
#6D6EC1
accent
#49E146
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B