#A6B138#A6B138

#A6B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B138
RGB	rgb(166, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -19.48, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 60.93, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0588 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.142 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1627, 39.8374, 9.7357)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B138 #4338B1

analogous

#B18038 #A6B138 #69B138

triadic

#A6B138 #38A6B1 #B138A6

tetradic

#A6B138 #38B180 #4338B1 #B13869

square

#A6B138 #38B180 #4338B1 #B13869

split-complementary

#A6B138 #3869B1 #8038B1

monochromatic

#4F541B #7A8329 #A6B138 #C1CB5B #D3DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A6B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A6B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B138

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B138	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c876',
    500: '#a6b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b138;
$custom-light: #c3c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B138

secondary

#8781C4

accent

#4CDB59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B138

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

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