#A6B316#A6B316

#A6B316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.161 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B316
RGB	rgb(166, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -21.84, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 71.64, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.068 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.161 115)
XYZ	xyz(31.9918, 40.4057, 6.8727)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B316 #2316B3

analogous

#B37216 #A6B316 #58B316

triadic

#A6B316 #16A6B3 #B316A6

tetradic

#A6B316 #16B372 #2316B3 #B31658

square

#A6B316 #16B372 #2316B3 #B31658

split-complementary

#A6B316 #1658B3 #7216B3

monochromatic

#414609 #737C0F #A6B316 #D4E422 #DFEB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6B316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A6B316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B316

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B316	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.161 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c968',
    500: '#a6b316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b316;
$custom-light: #c5c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.968,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73184,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B316

secondary

#6157CE

accent

#33F543

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EB

border

#D2D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B316

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

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