#A6B221#A6B221

#A6B221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.156 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B221
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -21.03, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 68.78, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0651 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.156 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9218, 40.0582, 7.4890)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B221 #2D21B2

analogous

#B27621 #A6B221 #5DB221

triadic

#A6B221 #21A6B2 #B221A6

tetradic

#A6B221 #21B276 #2D21B2 #B2215D

square

#A6B221 #21B276 #2D21B2 #B2215D

split-complementary

#A6B221 #215DB2 #7621B2

monochromatic

#464B0E #767E17 #A6B221 #CCDA36 #D9E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6B221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A6B221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B221

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B221	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.156 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c86b',
    500: '#a6b221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b221;
$custom-light: #c4c86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B221

secondary

#6E66C9

accent

#3CEC4B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B221

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

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