#A6AE4E#A6AE4E

#A6AE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE4E
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -16.39, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 50.25, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0478 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.121 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2377, 38.9297, 13.0222)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE4E #564EAE

analogous

#AE864E #A6AE4E #76AE4E

triadic

#A6AE4E #4EA6AE #AE4EA6

tetradic

#A6AE4E #4EAE86 #564EAE #AE4E76

square

#A6AE4E #4EAE86 #564EAE #AE4E76

split-complementary

#A6AE4E #4E76AE #864EAE

monochromatic

#555928 #7E843B #A6AE4E #BCC277 #D1D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A6AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A6AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE4E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE4E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c683',
    500: '#a6ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae4e;
$custom-light: #c2c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE4E

secondary

#9996C2

accent

#5ACE63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE4E

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

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