#A6A42D#A6A42D

#A6A42D 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	#A6A42D
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -13.42, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 59.72, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0429 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.136 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4761, 34.8483, 7.6558)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A42D #2D2FA6

analogous

#A6682D #A6A42D #6CA62D

triadic

#A6A42D #2DA6A4 #A42DA6

tetradic

#A6A42D #2DA668 #2D2FA6 #A62D6C

square

#A6A42D #2DA668 #2D2FA6 #A62D6C

split-complementary

#A6A42D #2D6CA6 #682DA6

monochromatic

#464513 #767420 #A6A42D #CCCA44 #D9D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A6A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A6A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A42D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A42D	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)

#B29D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.136 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be6f',
    500: '#a6a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a42d;
$custom-light: #c4be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6991,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A42D

secondary

#6E6FC1

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A42D

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

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