#A6B417#A6B417

#A6B417 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	#A6B417
RGB	rgb(166, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -22.31, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 71.82, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0692 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.162 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2028, 40.8119, 6.9915)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B417 #2517B4

analogous

#B47317 #A6B417 #58B417

triadic

#A6B417 #17A6B4 #B417A6

tetradic

#A6B417 #17B473 #2517B4 #B41758

square

#A6B417 #17B473 #2517B4 #B41758

split-complementary

#A6B417 #1758B4 #7317B4

monochromatic

#424709 #747E10 #A6B417 #D2E325 #DDEA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A6B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B417

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B417	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: #a6b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.162 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca68',
    500: '#a6b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b417;
$custom-light: #c5ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.35,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B417

secondary

#6459CE

accent

#34F445

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B417

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

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