#A6B22A#A6B22A

#A6B22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.152 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B22A
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -20.69, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 66.21, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0635 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.152 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0651, 40.1155, 8.2440)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B22A #362AB2

analogous

#B27A2A #A6B22A #62B22A

triadic

#A6B22A #2AA6B2 #B22AA6

tetradic

#A6B22A #2AB27A #362AB2 #B22A62

square

#A6B22A #2AB27A #362AB2 #B22A62

split-complementary

#A6B22A #2A62B2 #7A2AB2

monochromatic

#4A4F13 #78801E #A6B22A #C7D346 #D6DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A6B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B22A

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B22A	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)

#BFA905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.152 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c86f',
    500: '#a6b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b22a;
$custom-light: #c4c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B22A

secondary

#7971C7

accent

#43E551

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B22A

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

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