#A6B427#A6B427

#A6B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.156 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B427
RGB	rgb(166, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -21.80, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 67.92, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0668 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.156 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4143, 40.8965, 8.1053)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B427 #3527B4

analogous

#B47B27 #A6B427 #60B427

triadic

#A6B427 #27A6B4 #B427A6

tetradic

#A6B427 #27B47B #3527B4 #B42760

square

#A6B427 #27B47B #3527B4 #B42760

split-complementary

#A6B427 #2760B4 #7B27B4

monochromatic

#494F11 #78821C #A6B427 #C7D642 #D6E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A6B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B427

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B427	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.156 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ca6e',
    500: '#a6b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b427;
$custom-light: #c4ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.957,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B427

secondary

#776FC8

accent

#40E751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B427

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

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