#A6B117#A6B117

#A6B117 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B117
RGB	rgb(166, 177, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 87%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 87%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -20.82, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 70.70, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0651 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6037, 39.6138, 6.7918)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B117 #2217B1

analogous

#B16F17 #A6B117 #59B117

triadic

#A6B117 #17A6B1 #B117A6

tetradic

#A6B117 #17B16F #2217B1 #B11759

square

#A6B117 #17B16F #2217B1 #B11759

split-complementary

#A6B117 #1759B1 #6F17B1

monochromatic

#404509 #737B10 #A6B117 #D5E223 #DFE959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A6B117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A6B117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B117

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B117	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 177, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c868',
    500: '#a6b117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b117;
$custom-light: #c5c868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B117

secondary

#5F57CD

accent

#34F442

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B117

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

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