#A6AE31#A6AE31

#A6AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE31
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -18.35, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 62.24, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0563 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.144 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4173, 38.6015, 8.7010)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE31 #3931AE

analogous

#AE7731 #A6AE31 #67AE31

triadic

#A6AE31 #31A6AE #AE31A6

tetradic

#A6AE31 #31AE77 #3931AE #AE3167

square

#A6AE31 #31AE77 #3931AE #AE3167

split-complementary

#A6AE31 #3167AE #7731AE

monochromatic

#4B4E16 #787E24 #A6AE31 #C5CD4F #D5DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A6AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE31

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE31	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c672',
    500: '#a6ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae31;
$custom-light: #c4c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE31

secondary

#7C77C4

accent

#48DF52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE31

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

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