#A6AE2D#A6AE2D

#A6AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE2D
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -18.54, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 63.63, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0572 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.146 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3366, 38.5692, 8.2760)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE2D #352DAE

analogous

#AE752D #A6AE2D #65AE2D

triadic

#A6AE2D #2DA6AE #AE2DA6

tetradic

#A6AE2D #2DAE75 #352DAE #AE2D65

square

#A6AE2D #2DAE75 #352DAE #AE2D65

split-complementary

#A6AE2D #2D65AE #752DAE

monochromatic

#494D14 #787D20 #A6AE2D #C7D048 #D6DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A6AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE2D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE2D	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)

#BBA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c670',
    500: '#a6ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae2d;
$custom-light: #c4c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.721,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE2D

secondary

#7772C4

accent

#46E24F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE2D

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

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