#A6AA21#A6AA21

#A6AA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.148 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA21
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -17.00, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 65.75, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0539 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.148 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3762, 36.9671, 6.9738)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA21 #2521AA

analogous

#AA6A21 #A6AA21 #61AA21

triadic

#A6AA21 #21A6AA #AA21A6

tetradic

#A6AA21 #21AA6A #2521AA #AA2161

square

#A6AA21 #21AA6A #2521AA #AA2161

split-complementary

#A6AA21 #2161AA #6A21AA

monochromatic

#42430D #747717 #A6AA21 #D2D731 #DDE164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A6AA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A6AA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA21

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA21	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.148 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c36a',
    500: '#a6aa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa21;
$custom-light: #c4c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA21

secondary

#6461C6

accent

#3DEA42

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA21

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

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