#A6B228#A6B228

#A6B228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.153 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B228
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -20.77, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 66.82, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0638 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.153 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0302, 40.1016, 8.0601)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B228 #3428B2

analogous

#B27928 #A6B228 #61B228

triadic

#A6B228 #28A6B2 #B228A6

tetradic

#A6B228 #28B279 #3428B2 #B22861

square

#A6B228 #28B279 #3428B2 #B22861

split-complementary

#A6B228 #2861B2 #7928B2

monochromatic

#494E12 #77801D #A6B228 #C8D543 #D7E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A6B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B228

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B228	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.153 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c86e',
    500: '#a6b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b228;
$custom-light: #c4c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B228

secondary

#766FC7

accent

#41E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B228

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

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