#A6A462#A6A462

#A6A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A462
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 41%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -9.23, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 35.68, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0255 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.088 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2064, 35.5405, 16.7690)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A462 #6264A6

analogous

#A68262 #A6A462 #86A662

triadic

#A6A462 #62A6A4 #A462A6

tetradic

#A6A462 #62A682 #6264A6 #A66286

square

#A6A462 #62A682 #6264A6 #A66286

split-complementary

#A6A462 #6286A6 #8262A6

monochromatic

#5A5933 #818049 #A6A462 #BCBB89 #D2D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A6A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A6A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A462

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A462	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1be90',
    500: '#a6a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a462;
$custom-light: #c1be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A462

secondary

#A3A4C1

accent

#67C464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A462

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

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