#A6B22D#A6B22D

#A6B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.150 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B22D
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -20.55, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 65.25, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0628 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.15 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1209, 40.1378, 8.5374)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B22D #392DB2

analogous

#B27B2D #A6B22D #63B22D

triadic

#A6B22D #2DA6B2 #B22DA6

tetradic

#A6B22D #2DB27B #392DB2 #B22D63

square

#A6B22D #2DB27B #392DB2 #B22D63

split-complementary

#A6B22D #2D63B2 #7B2DB2

monochromatic

#4B5014 #788121 #A6B22D #C5D14B #D5DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A6B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B22D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B22D	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA90F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.150 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c870',
    500: '#a6b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b22d;
$custom-light: #c4c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B22D

secondary

#7C75C6

accent

#45E353

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B22D

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

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