#A6B416#A6B416

#A6B416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.162 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B416
RGB	rgb(166, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -22.33, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 72.01, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0693 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.162 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1930, 40.8080, 6.9398)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B416 #2416B4

analogous

#B47316 #A6B416 #57B416

triadic

#A6B416 #16A6B4 #B416A6

tetradic

#A6B416 #16B473 #2416B4 #B41657

square

#A6B416 #16B473 #2416B4 #B41657

split-complementary

#A6B416 #1657B4 #7316B4

monochromatic

#414709 #747D0F #A6B416 #D3E423 #DEEB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6B416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A6B416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B416

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B416	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.162 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca68',
    500: '#a6b416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b416;
$custom-light: #c5ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B416

secondary

#6258CE

accent

#33F544

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B416

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

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