#A6A620#A6A620

#A6A620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.144 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A620
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -14.98, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 64.57, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0484 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.144 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6240, 35.4846, 6.6550)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A620 #2020A6

analogous

#A66320 #A6A620 #63A620

triadic

#A6A620 #20A6A6 #A620A6

tetradic

#A6A620 #20A663 #2020A6 #A62063

square

#A6A620 #20A663 #2020A6 #A62063

split-complementary

#A6A620 #2063A6 #6320A6

monochromatic

#3F3F0C #737316 #A6A620 #D6D62D #E0E060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A6A620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A6A620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A620

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A620	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.144 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c069',
    500: '#a6a620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a620;
$custom-light: #c4c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A620

secondary

#5D5DC5

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A620

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

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