#A6AA38#A6AA38

#A6AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.134 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA38
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -15.92, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 57.96, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0489 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.134 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8154, 37.1427, 9.2866)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA38 #3C38AA

analogous

#AA7538 #A6AA38 #6DAA38

triadic

#A6AA38 #38A6AA #AA38A6

tetradic

#A6AA38 #38AA75 #3C38AA #AA386D

square

#A6AA38 #38AA75 #3C38AA #AA386D

split-complementary

#A6AA38 #386DAA #7538AA

monochromatic

#4C4E1A #797C29 #A6AA38 #C4C857 #D4D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A6AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A6AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA38

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA38	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.134 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c375',
    500: '#a6aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa38;
$custom-light: #c3c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71335,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA38

secondary

#7F7DC1

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA38

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

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