#A6B231#A6B231

#A6B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.148 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B231
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -20.36, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 63.90, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0619 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.148 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2016, 40.1701, 8.9624)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B231 #3D31B2

analogous

#B27D31 #A6B231 #66B231

triadic

#A6B231 #31A6B2 #B231A6

tetradic

#A6B231 #31B27D #3D31B2 #B23166

square

#A6B231 #31B27D #3D31B2 #B23166

split-complementary

#A6B231 #3166B2 #7D31B2

monochromatic

#4C5217 #798224 #A6B231 #C3CF51 #D4DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A6B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A6B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B231

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B231	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.148 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c872',
    500: '#a6b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b231;
$custom-light: #c4c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B231

secondary

#8079C5

accent

#48E056

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B231

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

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