#A6A524#A6A524

#A6A524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.141 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A524
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -14.32, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 63.06, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0463 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5006, 35.1456, 6.8985)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A524 #2425A6

analogous

#A66424 #A6A524 #66A624

triadic

#A6A524 #24A6A5 #A524A6

tetradic

#A6A524 #24A664 #2425A6 #A62466

square

#A6A524 #24A664 #2425A6 #A62466

split-complementary

#A6A524 #2466A6 #6424A6

monochromatic

#41410E #747319 #A6A524 #D3D234 #DEDD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A6A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A6A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A524

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A524	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)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf6b',
    500: '#a6a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a524;
$custom-light: #c4bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A524

secondary

#6263C4

accent

#42E740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A524

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

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