#A6B22E#A6B22E

#A6B22E 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	#A6B22E
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -20.51, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 64.92, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0626 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.15 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1403, 40.1456, 8.6400)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B22E #3A2EB2

analogous

#B27C2E #A6B22E #64B22E

triadic

#A6B22E #2EA6B2 #B22EA6

tetradic

#A6B22E #2EB27C #3A2EB2 #B22E64

square

#A6B22E #2EB27C #3A2EB2 #B22E64

split-complementary

#A6B22E #2E64B2 #7C2EB2

monochromatic

#4B5115 #798121 #A6B22E #C5D14C #D5DD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A6B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B22E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B22E	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)

#BFA912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.150 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c871',
    500: '#a6b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b22e;
$custom-light: #c4c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.14965,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B22E

secondary

#7D76C6

accent

#46E254

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B22E

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

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