#A6AE27#A6AE27

#A6AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.149 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE27
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -18.80, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 65.54, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0585 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.149 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2292, 38.5263, 7.7103)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE27 #2F27AE

analogous

#AE7327 #A6AE27 #62AE27

triadic

#A6AE27 #27A6AE #AE27A6

tetradic

#A6AE27 #27AE73 #2F27AE #AE2762

square

#A6AE27 #27AE73 #2F27AE #AE2762

split-complementary

#A6AE27 #2762AE #7327AE

monochromatic

#474A11 #767C1C #A6AE27 #CBD43E #D8DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A6AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE27

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE27	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c66d',
    500: '#a6ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae27;
$custom-light: #c4c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE27

secondary

#706BC6

accent

#41E64B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE27

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

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