#A6AD21#A6AD21

#A6AD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.151 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AD21
RGB	rgb(166, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -18.52, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 66.87, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0582 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.151 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9450, 38.1047, 7.1634)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AD21 #2821AD

analogous

#AD6E21 #A6AD21 #60AD21

triadic

#A6AD21 #21A6AD #AD21A6

tetradic

#A6AD21 #21AD6E #2821AD #AD2160

square

#A6AD21 #21AD6E #2821AD #AD2160

split-complementary

#A6AD21 #2160AD #6E21AD

monochromatic

#43460D #757A17 #A6AD21 #D0D833 #DCE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A6AD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A6AD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AD21

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AD21	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.151 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c56a',
    500: '#a6ad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ad21;
$custom-light: #c4c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AD21

secondary

#6762C7

accent

#3DEB46

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AD21

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

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