#A6A824#A6A824

#A6A824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A824
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -15.87, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 64.16, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0506 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.144 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0481, 36.2405, 7.0810)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A824 #2624A8

analogous

#A86824 #A6A824 #64A824

triadic

#A6A824 #24A6A8 #A824A6

tetradic

#A6A824 #24A868 #2624A8 #A82464

square

#A6A824 #24A868 #2624A8 #A82464

split-complementary

#A6A824 #2464A8 #6824A8

monochromatic

#42430E #747619 #A6A824 #D1D435 #DDDF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A6A824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A6A824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A824

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A824	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)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c16b',
    500: '#a6a824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a824;
$custom-light: #c4c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A824

secondary

#6563C4

accent

#40E843

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A824

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

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