#A6AA27#A6AA27

#A6AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.145 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA27
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -16.77, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 64.00, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0528 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.145 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4679, 37.0037, 7.4565)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA27 #2B27AA

analogous

#AA6C27 #A6AA27 #64AA27

triadic

#A6AA27 #27A6AA #AA27A6

tetradic

#A6AA27 #27AA6C #2B27AA #AA2764

square

#A6AA27 #27AA6C #2B27AA #AA2764

split-complementary

#A6AA27 #2764AA #6C27AA

monochromatic

#454610 #75781C #A6AA27 #CED23C #DADE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A6AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A6AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA27

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA27	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.145 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c36d',
    500: '#a6aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa27;
$custom-light: #c4c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA27

secondary

#6B69C4

accent

#42E647

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA27

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

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