#A6AE4C#A6AE4C

#A6AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE4C
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -16.56, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 51.16, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0485 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.123 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1671, 38.9015, 12.6503)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE4C #544CAE

analogous

#AE854C #A6AE4C #75AE4C

triadic

#A6AE4C #4CA6AE #AE4CA6

tetradic

#A6AE4C #4CAE85 #544CAE #AE4C75

square

#A6AE4C #4CAE85 #544CAE #AE4C75

split-complementary

#A6AE4C #4C75AE #854CAE

monochromatic

#555927 #7D8339 #A6AE4C #BCC375 #D1D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A6AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A6AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE4C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE4C	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c681',
    500: '#a6ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae4c;
$custom-light: #c3c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE4C

secondary

#9894C2

accent

#59CF62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE4C

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

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