#A6A649#A6A649

#A6A649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A649
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -12.67, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 48.91, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0378 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.116 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.5655, 35.8613, 11.6138)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A649 #4949A6

analogous

#A67849 #A6A649 #78A649

triadic

#A6A649 #49A6A6 #A649A6

tetradic

#A6A649 #49A678 #4949A6 #A64978

square

#A6A649 #49A678 #4949A6 #A64978

split-complementary

#A6A649 #4978A6 #7849A6

monochromatic

#515124 #7B7B36 #A6A649 #BFBF6D #D2D298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A6A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A6A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A649

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A649	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c07f',
    500: '#a6a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a649;
$custom-light: #c3c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70608,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.3586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A649

secondary

#8D8DBE

accent

#59CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A649

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

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