#A6A565#A6A565

#A6A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.085 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A565
RGB	rgb(166, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 39.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -9.42, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 34.60, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0258 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.085 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5304, 35.9575, 17.5889)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A565 #6566A6

analogous

#A68565 #A6A565 #87A665

triadic

#A6A565 #65A6A5 #A565A6

tetradic

#A6A565 #65A685 #6566A6 #A66587

square

#A6A565 #65A685 #6566A6 #A66587

split-complementary

#A6A565 #6587A6 #8565A6

monochromatic

#5C5B35 #82824B #A6A565 #BCBC8C #D3D2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A6A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A6A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A565

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A565	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.085 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bf92',
    500: '#a6a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a565;
$custom-light: #c1bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7078,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A565

secondary

#A5A6C2

accent

#66C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A565

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

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