#A6A538#A6A538

#A6A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A538
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -13.34, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 55.91, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0416 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.129 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8958, 35.3037, 8.9801)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A538 #3839A6

analogous

#A66E38 #A6A538 #70A638

triadic

#A6A538 #38A6A5 #A538A6

tetradic

#A6A538 #38A66E #3839A6 #A63870

square

#A6A538 #38A66E #3839A6 #A63870

split-complementary

#A6A538 #3870A6 #6E38A6

monochromatic

#4A4A19 #787829 #A6A538 #C6C555 #D5D483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A6A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A6A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A538

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A538	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf75',
    500: '#a6a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a538;
$custom-light: #c3bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A538

secondary

#7B7BBF

accent

#50D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A538

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

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