#A6AE28#A6AE28

#A6AE28 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	#A6AE28
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -18.76, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 65.23, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0583 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.149 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2459, 38.5330, 7.7987)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE28 #3028AE

analogous

#AE7328 #A6AE28 #63AE28

triadic

#A6AE28 #28A6AE #AE28A6

tetradic

#A6AE28 #28AE73 #3028AE #AE2863

square

#A6AE28 #28AE73 #3028AE #AE2863

split-complementary

#A6AE28 #2863AE #7328AE

monochromatic

#474A11 #777C1D #A6AE28 #CAD340 #D8DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A6AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE28

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE28	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)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c66e',
    500: '#a6ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae28;
$custom-light: #c4c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE28

secondary

#716CC6

accent

#42E64C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE28

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

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