#A6A657#A6A657

#A6A657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A657
RGB	rgb(166, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -11.43, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 42.19, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0328 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.102 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0830, 36.0683, 14.3395)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A657 #5757A6

analogous

#A67F57 #A6A657 #7FA657

triadic

#A6A657 #57A6A6 #A657A6

tetradic

#A6A657 #57A67F #5757A6 #A6577F

square

#A6A657 #57A67F #5757A6 #A6577F

split-complementary

#A6A657 #577FA6 #7F57A6

monochromatic

#56562D #7E7E42 #A6A657 #BCBC7F #D1D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A6A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A6A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A657

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A657	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c088',
    500: '#a6a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a657;
$custom-light: #c2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A657

secondary

#9A9ABE

accent

#60C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A657

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

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