#A6AE33#A6AE33

#A6AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.142 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE33
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -18.24, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 61.52, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0559 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.142 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4604, 38.6188, 8.9282)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE33 #3B33AE

analogous

#AE7933 #A6AE33 #69AE33

triadic

#A6AE33 #33A6AE #AE33A6

tetradic

#A6AE33 #33AE79 #3B33AE #AE3369

square

#A6AE33 #33AE79 #3B33AE #AE3369

split-complementary

#A6AE33 #3369AE #7933AE

monochromatic

#4C4F17 #797F25 #A6AE33 #C4CC52 #D4DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A6AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE33

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c673',
    500: '#a6ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae33;
$custom-light: #c4c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE33

secondary

#7E79C3

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE33

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

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