#A6AE38#A6AE38

#A6AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE38
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -17.96, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 59.64, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0546 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.139 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5766, 38.6653, 9.5404)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE38 #4038AE

analogous

#AE7B38 #A6AE38 #6BAE38

triadic

#A6AE38 #38A6AE #AE38A6

tetradic

#A6AE38 #38AE7B #4038AE #AE386B

square

#A6AE38 #38AE7B #4038AE #AE386B

split-complementary

#A6AE38 #386BAE #7B38AE

monochromatic

#4E511A #7A8029 #A6AE38 #C2CA59 #D3D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A6AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A6AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE38

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE38	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c676',
    500: '#a6ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae38;
$custom-light: #c3c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE38

secondary

#847FC3

accent

#4DDB57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE38

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

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