#A6B317#A6B317

#A6B317 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	#A6B317
RGB	rgb(166, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -21.82, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 71.44, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0678 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.161 115)
XYZ	xyz(32.0017, 40.4097, 6.9245)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B317 #2417B3

analogous

#B37217 #A6B317 #58B317

triadic

#A6B317 #17A6B3 #B317A6

tetradic

#A6B317 #17B372 #2417B3 #B31758

square

#A6B317 #17B372 #2417B3 #B31758

split-complementary

#A6B317 #1758B3 #7217B3

monochromatic

#414709 #747D10 #A6B317 #D3E324 #DEEA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6B317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A6B317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B317

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B317	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)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.161 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c968',
    500: '#a6b317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b317;
$custom-light: #c5c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.40409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B317

secondary

#6258CD

accent

#34F444

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B317

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

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