#A6A561#A6A561

#A6A561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.090 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A561
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 41.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -9.87, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 36.67, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0274 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.09 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3392, 35.8810, 16.5818)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A561 #6162A6

analogous

#A68361 #A6A561 #85A661

triadic

#A6A561 #61A6A5 #A561A6

tetradic

#A6A561 #61A683 #6162A6 #A66185

square

#A6A561 #61A683 #6162A6 #A66185

split-complementary

#A6A561 #6185A6 #8361A6

monochromatic

#5A5933 #818049 #A6A561 #BCBB88 #D2D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A6A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A6A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A561

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A561	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.090 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf8f',
    500: '#a6a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a561;
$custom-light: #c2bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A561

secondary

#A2A3C1

accent

#65C464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A561

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

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