#A6A627#A6A627

#A6A627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A627
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -14.72, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 62.49, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0471 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7294, 35.5268, 7.2104)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A627 #2727A6

analogous

#A66627 #A6A627 #66A627

triadic

#A6A627 #27A6A6 #A627A6

tetradic

#A6A627 #27A666 #2727A6 #A62766

square

#A6A627 #27A666 #2727A6 #A62766

split-complementary

#A6A627 #2766A6 #6627A6

monochromatic

#434310 #74741B #A6A627 #D1D13A #DCDC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A6A627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A6A627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A627

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A627	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c06c',
    500: '#a6a627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a627;
$custom-light: #c4c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7032,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A627

secondary

#6666C3

accent

#43E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A627

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

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