#A6A525#A6A525

#A6A525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; 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	#A6A525
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -14.28, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 62.75, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0461 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5161, 35.1518, 6.9801)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A525 #2526A6

analogous

#A66525 #A6A525 #66A625

triadic

#A6A525 #25A6A5 #A525A6

tetradic

#A6A525 #25A665 #2526A6 #A62566

square

#A6A525 #25A665 #2526A6 #A62566

split-complementary

#A6A525 #2566A6 #6525A6

monochromatic

#42420F #74731A #A6A525 #D2D136 #DDDC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A6A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A6A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A525

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A525	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)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf6b',
    500: '#a6a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a525;
$custom-light: #c4bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A525

secondary

#6464C3

accent

#43E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A525

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

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