#A6A531#A6A531

#A6A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.134 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A531
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -13.74, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 58.64, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0434 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.134 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7365, 35.2399, 8.1407)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A531 #3132A6

analogous

#A66A31 #A6A531 #6DA631

triadic

#A6A531 #31A6A5 #A531A6

tetradic

#A6A531 #31A66A #3132A6 #A6316D

square

#A6A531 #31A66A #3132A6 #A6316D

split-complementary

#A6A531 #316DA6 #6A31A6

monochromatic

#474715 #777623 #A6A531 #CAC94A #D8D77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A6A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A6A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A531

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A531	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.134 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf71',
    500: '#a6a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a531;
$custom-light: #c4bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A531

secondary

#7373C0

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A531

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →