#A6AE36#A6AE36

#A6AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE36
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -18.08, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 60.41, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0551 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.14 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5287, 38.6461, 9.2879)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE36 #3E36AE

analogous

#AE7A36 #A6AE36 #6AAE36

triadic

#A6AE36 #36A6AE #AE36A6

tetradic

#A6AE36 #36AE7A #3E36AE #AE366A

square

#A6AE36 #36AE7A #3E36AE #AE366A

split-complementary

#A6AE36 #366AAE #7A36AE

monochromatic

#4D5119 #797F28 #A6AE36 #C3CB56 #D4D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A6AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE36

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE36	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c674',
    500: '#a6ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae36;
$custom-light: #c3c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE36

secondary

#827DC3

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE36

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

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