#A6A457#A6A457

#A6A457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.100 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A457
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -10.38, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 41.27, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0298 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.1 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7223, 35.3468, 14.2192)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A457 #5759A6

analogous

#A67D57 #A6A457 #81A657

triadic

#A6A457 #57A6A4 #A457A6

tetradic

#A6A457 #57A67D #5759A6 #A65781

square

#A6A457 #57A67D #5759A6 #A65781

split-complementary

#A6A457 #5781A6 #7D57A6

monochromatic

#56552D #7E7C42 #A6A457 #BCBA7F #D1D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A6A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A6A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A457

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A457	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.100 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be88',
    500: '#a6a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a457;
$custom-light: #c2be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A457

secondary

#9A9BBE

accent

#63C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A457

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

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