#A6A451#A6A451

#A6A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A451
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 51.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -10.95, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 44.22, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.032 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.106 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4873, 35.2528, 12.9815)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A451 #5153A6

analogous

#A67951 #A6A451 #7DA651

triadic

#A6A451 #51A6A4 #A451A6

tetradic

#A6A451 #51A679 #5153A6 #A6517D

square

#A6A451 #51A679 #5153A6 #A6517D

split-complementary

#A6A451 #517DA6 #7951A6

monochromatic

#545329 #7D7B3D #A6A451 #BDBB77 #D1D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A6A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A6A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A451

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A451	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be84',
    500: '#a6a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a451;
$custom-light: #c2be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70262,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A451

secondary

#9596BE

accent

#60CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A451

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

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