#A6B237#A6B237

#A6B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.144 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B237
RGB	rgb(166, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -20.04, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 61.73, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0605 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.144 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3367, 40.2242, 9.6743)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B237 #4337B2

analogous

#B28037 #A6B237 #68B237

triadic

#A6B237 #37A6B2 #B237A6

tetradic

#A6B237 #37B280 #4337B2 #B23768

square

#A6B237 #37B280 #4337B2 #B23768

split-complementary

#A6B237 #3768B2 #8037B2

monochromatic

#4F541A #7A8329 #A6B237 #C1CC5A #D3DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A6B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A6B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B237

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B237	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.144 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c875',
    500: '#a6b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b237;
$custom-light: #c3c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7313,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B237

secondary

#8780C5

accent

#4CDC5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B237

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

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