#A6A490#A6A490

#A6A490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.028 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A490
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 11%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 13.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -2.83, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 11.02, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0061 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.028 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0349, 36.6718, 31.6655)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A490 #9092A6

analogous

#A69990 #A6A490 #9DA690

triadic

#A6A490 #90A6A4 #A490A6

tetradic

#A6A490 #90A699 #9092A6 #A6909D

square

#A6A490 #90A699 #9092A6 #A6909D

split-complementary

#A6A490 #909DA6 #9990A6

monochromatic

#686653 #8A886F #A6A490 #C1C0B2 #DCDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A6A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A6A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A490

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A490	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.028 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0beb0',
    500: '#a6a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a490;
$custom-light: #c0beb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71477,
    "c": 0.02827,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A490

secondary

#C5C5CD

accent

#579550

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A490

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

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