#A6B321#A6B321

#A6B321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.157 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B321
RGB	rgb(166, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -21.53, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 69.17, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0665 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.157 115)
XYZ	xyz(32.1215, 40.4576, 7.5555)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B321 #2E21B3

analogous

#B37721 #A6B321 #5DB321

triadic

#A6B321 #21A6B3 #B321A6

tetradic

#A6B321 #21B377 #2E21B3 #B3215D

square

#A6B321 #21B377 #2E21B3 #B3215D

split-complementary

#A6B321 #215DB3 #7721B3

monochromatic

#464C0E #767F17 #A6B321 #CCDA37 #D9E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6B321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A6B321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B321

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B321	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)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.157 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c96b',
    500: '#a6b321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b321;
$custom-light: #c4c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.40457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B321

secondary

#6F66CA

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B321

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

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