#A6AE37#A6AE37

#A6AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; 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	#A6AE37
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -18.02, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 60.03, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0548 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.14 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5524, 38.6556, 9.4128)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE37 #3F37AE

analogous

#AE7B37 #A6AE37 #6AAE37

triadic

#A6AE37 #37A6AE #AE37A6

tetradic

#A6AE37 #37AE7B #3F37AE #AE376A

square

#A6AE37 #37AE7B #3F37AE #AE376A

split-complementary

#A6AE37 #376AAE #7B37AE

monochromatic

#4D511A #7A7F28 #A6AE37 #C3CA58 #D3D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A6AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE37

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c675',
    500: '#a6ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae37;
$custom-light: #c3c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE37

secondary

#837EC3

accent

#4CDB56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE37

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

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