#A6A840#A6A840

#A6A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A840
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -14.38, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 53.81, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0437 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6548, 36.4832, 10.2766)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A840 #4240A8

analogous

#A87640 #A6A840 #72A840

triadic

#A6A840 #40A6A8 #A840A6

tetradic

#A6A840 #40A876 #4240A8 #A84072

square

#A6A840 #40A876 #4240A8 #A84072

split-complementary

#A6A840 #4072A8 #7640A8

monochromatic

#4E4F1E #7A7C2F #A6A840 #C1C362 #D3D48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A6A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A6A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A840

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A840	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c17a',
    500: '#a6a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a840;
$custom-light: #c3c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A840

secondary

#8685BF

accent

#53D556

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A840

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

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