#A6AE23#A6AE23

#A6AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.151 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE23
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -18.95, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 66.70, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0592 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.151 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1663, 38.5012, 7.3795)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE23 #2B23AE

analogous

#AE7023 #A6AE23 #60AE23

triadic

#A6AE23 #23A6AE #AE23A6

tetradic

#A6AE23 #23AE70 #2B23AE #AE2360

square

#A6AE23 #23AE70 #2B23AE #AE2360

split-complementary

#A6AE23 #2360AE #7023AE

monochromatic

#45480F #757B19 #A6AE23 #CED737 #DAE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A6AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE23

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE23	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.151 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c56b',
    500: '#a6ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae23;
$custom-light: #c4c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE23

secondary

#6B66C7

accent

#3EE948

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE23

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

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