#A6AD2A#A6AD2A

#A6AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AD2A
RGB	rgb(166, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -18.17, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 64.21, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0565 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.147 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0884, 38.1620, 7.9184)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AD2A #312AAD

analogous

#AD732A #A6AD2A #65AD2A

triadic

#A6AD2A #2AA6AD #AD2AA6

tetradic

#A6AD2A #2AAD73 #312AAD #AD2A65

square

#A6AD2A #2AAD73 #312AAD #AD2A65

split-complementary

#A6AD2A #2A65AD #732AAD

monochromatic

#474B12 #777C1E #A6AD2A #CAD143 #D8DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A6AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A6AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AD2A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AD2A	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c56e',
    500: '#a6ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ad2a;
$custom-light: #c4c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AD2A

secondary

#736EC5

accent

#44E44C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AD2A

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

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