#A6A526#A6A526

#A6A526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A526
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -14.24, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 62.44, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0459 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5320, 35.1581, 7.0639)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A526 #2627A6

analogous

#A66526 #A6A526 #67A626

triadic

#A6A526 #26A6A5 #A526A6

tetradic

#A6A526 #26A665 #2627A6 #A62667

square

#A6A526 #26A665 #2627A6 #A62667

split-complementary

#A6A526 #2667A6 #6526A6

monochromatic

#42420F #74731B #A6A526 #D1D038 #DDDC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A6A526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A6A526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A526

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A526	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#B39E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf6b',
    500: '#a6a526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a526;
$custom-light: #c4bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A526

secondary

#6566C3

accent

#43E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A526

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

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