#A6B31C#A6B31C

#A6B31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.159 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B31C
RGB	rgb(166, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -21.68, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 70.38, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0672 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.159 115)
XYZ	xyz(32.0566, 40.4316, 7.2138)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B31C #291CB3

analogous

#B3751C #A6B31C #5AB31C

triadic

#A6B31C #1CA6B3 #B31CA6

tetradic

#A6B31C #1CB375 #291CB3 #B31C5A

square

#A6B31C #1CB375 #291CB3 #B31C5A

split-complementary

#A6B31C #1C5AB3 #751CB3

monochromatic

#44490B #757E14 #A6B31C #CFDE2E #DBE763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6B31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A6B31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B31C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B31C	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.159 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c969',
    500: '#a6b31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b31c;
$custom-light: #c4c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73204,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.40431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B31C

secondary

#695FCB

accent

#38F048

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B31C

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

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