#A6A520#A6A520

#A6A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A520
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -14.46, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 64.22, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.047 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4429, 35.1225, 6.5946)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A520 #2021A6

analogous

#A66220 #A6A520 #64A620

triadic

#A6A520 #20A6A5 #A520A6

tetradic

#A6A520 #20A662 #2021A6 #A62064

square

#A6A520 #20A662 #2021A6 #A62064

split-complementary

#A6A520 #2064A6 #6220A6

monochromatic

#3F3F0C #737216 #A6A520 #D6D52D #E0DF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A6A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A6A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A520

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A520	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)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf69',
    500: '#a6a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a520;
$custom-light: #c4bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A520

secondary

#5D5EC5

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A520

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

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