#A6AE2E#A6AE2E

#A6AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.145 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE2E
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -18.50, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 63.29, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.057 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.145 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3560, 38.5770, 8.3786)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE2E #362EAE

analogous

#AE762E #A6AE2E #66AE2E

triadic

#A6AE2E #2EA6AE #AE2EA6

tetradic

#A6AE2E #2EAE76 #362EAE #AE2E66

square

#A6AE2E #2EAE76 #362EAE #AE2E66

split-complementary

#A6AE2E #2E66AE #762EAE

monochromatic

#4A4D14 #787E21 #A6AE2E #C7CF4A #D6DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A6AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE2E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE2E	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.145 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c670',
    500: '#a6ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae2e;
$custom-light: #c4c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72162,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE2E

secondary

#7974C4

accent

#46E150

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE2E

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

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