#A6A623#A6A623

#A6A623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.143 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A623
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -14.87, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 63.72, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0479 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.143 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6666, 35.5017, 6.8796)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A623 #2323A6

analogous

#A66523 #A6A623 #65A623

triadic

#A6A623 #23A6A6 #A623A6

tetradic

#A6A623 #23A665 #2323A6 #A62365

square

#A6A623 #23A665 #2323A6 #A62365

split-complementary

#A6A623 #2365A6 #6523A6

monochromatic

#41410E #737318 #A6A623 #D4D432 #DFDF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A6A623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A6A623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A623

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A623	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)

#B5A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.143 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c06a',
    500: '#a6a623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a623;
$custom-light: #c4c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A623

secondary

#6161C4

accent

#40E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A623

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

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