#A6AE2A#A6AE2A

#A6AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.148 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE2A
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -18.68, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 64.61, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0579 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.148 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2808, 38.5470, 7.9825)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE2A #322AAE

analogous

#AE742A #A6AE2A #64AE2A

triadic

#A6AE2A #2AA6AE #AE2AA6

tetradic

#A6AE2A #2AAE74 #322AAE #AE2A64

square

#A6AE2A #2AAE74 #322AAE #AE2A64

split-complementary

#A6AE2A #2A64AE #742AAE

monochromatic

#484B12 #777D1E #A6AE2A #C9D243 #D7DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A6AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE2A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE2A	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)

#BBA508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.148 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c66e',
    500: '#a6ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae2a;
$custom-light: #c4c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE2A

secondary

#746FC5

accent

#44E44D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE2A

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

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