#A6AE2C#A6AE2C

#A6AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE2C
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -18.59, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 63.96, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0575 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.146 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3175, 38.5616, 8.1758)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE2C #342CAE

analogous

#AE752C #A6AE2C #65AE2C

triadic

#A6AE2C #2CA6AE #AE2CA6

tetradic

#A6AE2C #2CAE75 #342CAE #AE2C65

square

#A6AE2C #2CAE75 #342CAE #AE2C65

split-complementary

#A6AE2C #2C65AE #752CAE

monochromatic

#494C13 #777D20 #A6AE2C #C8D047 #D7DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A6AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE2C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE2C	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)

#BBA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c66f',
    500: '#a6ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae2c;
$custom-light: #c4c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE2C

secondary

#7671C5

accent

#45E34F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE2C

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

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