#A6A823#A6A823

#A6A823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A823
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -15.90, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 64.45, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0508 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0330, 36.2345, 7.0017)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A823 #2523A8

analogous

#A86723 #A6A823 #64A823

triadic

#A6A823 #23A6A8 #A823A6

tetradic

#A6A823 #23A867 #2523A8 #A82364

square

#A6A823 #23A867 #2523A8 #A82364

split-complementary

#A6A823 #2364A8 #6723A8

monochromatic

#42430E #747518 #A6A823 #D2D534 #DDDF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A6A823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A6A823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A823

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A823	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c16b',
    500: '#a6a823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a823;
$custom-light: #c4c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A823

secondary

#6462C5

accent

#3FE842

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A823

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

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