#A6AE55#A6AE55

#A6AE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AE55
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -15.77, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 46.96, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0454 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.114 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5022, 39.0355, 14.4150)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AE55 #5D55AE

analogous

#AE8955 #A6AE55 #79AE55

triadic

#A6AE55 #55A6AE #AE55A6

tetradic

#A6AE55 #55AE89 #5D55AE #AE5579

square

#A6AE55 #55AE89 #5D55AE #AE5579

split-complementary

#A6AE55 #5579AE #8955AE

monochromatic

#585D2C #808640 #A6AE55 #BCC27E #D1D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A6AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A6AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AE55

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AE55	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c687',
    500: '#a6ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ae55;
$custom-light: #c2c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.393,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AE55

secondary

#9F9CC3

accent

#5CCB66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AE55

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

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