#A6A522#A6A522

#A6A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A522
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -14.39, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 63.65, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0466 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4709, 35.1337, 6.7421)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A522 #2223A6

analogous

#A66322 #A6A522 #65A622

triadic

#A6A522 #22A6A5 #A522A6

tetradic

#A6A522 #22A663 #2223A6 #A62265

square

#A6A522 #22A663 #2223A6 #A62265

split-complementary

#A6A522 #2265A6 #6322A6

monochromatic

#40400D #737318 #A6A522 #D5D330 #DFDE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A6A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A6A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A522

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A522	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf6a',
    500: '#a6a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a522;
$custom-light: #c4bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7007,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A522

secondary

#5F60C4

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A522

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

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