#A6AE52#A6AE52

#A6AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE52
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -16.05, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 48.38, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0464 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.117 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3855, 38.9888, 13.8006)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE52 #5A52AE

analogous

#AE8852 #A6AE52 #78AE52

triadic

#A6AE52 #52A6AE #AE52A6

tetradic

#A6AE52 #52AE88 #5A52AE #AE5278

square

#A6AE52 #52AE88 #5A52AE #AE5278

split-complementary

#A6AE52 #5278AE #8852AE

monochromatic

#575B2B #7F853E #A6AE52 #BBC27C #D1D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A6AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A6AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE52

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE52	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c685',
    500: '#a6ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae52;
$custom-light: #c2c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE52

secondary

#9D99C2

accent

#5CCC65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE52

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

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