#A6A51E#A6A51E

#A6A51E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.144 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A51E
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -14.53, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 64.76, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0473 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.144 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4165, 35.1119, 6.4558)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A51E #1E1FA6

analogous

#A6611E #A6A51E #63A61E

triadic

#A6A51E #1EA6A5 #A51EA6

tetradic

#A6A51E #1EA661 #1E1FA6 #A61E63

square

#A6A51E #1EA661 #1E1FA6 #A61E63

split-complementary

#A6A51E #1E63A6 #611EA6

monochromatic

#3E3E0B #727115 #A6A51E #D8D729 #E2E15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A6A51E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A6A51E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A51E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A51E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A51E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a51e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.144 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf68',
    500: '#a6a51e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a51e;
$custom-light: #c4bf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a51e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A51E

secondary

#5A5BC6

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A51E

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

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