#A6B42A#A6B42A

#A6B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.154 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B42A
RGB	rgb(166, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -21.68, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 67.02, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0662 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.154 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4660, 40.9172, 8.3776)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B42A #382AB4

analogous

#B47D2A #A6B42A #61B42A

triadic

#A6B42A #2AA6B4 #B42AA6

tetradic

#A6B42A #2AB47D #382AB4 #B42A61

square

#A6B42A #2AB47D #382AB4 #B42A61

split-complementary

#A6B42A #2A61B4 #7D2AB4

monochromatic

#4A5113 #78821E #A6B42A #C6D447 #D5E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A6B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B42A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B42A	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)

#C1AB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.154 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ca6f',
    500: '#a6b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b42a;
$custom-light: #c4ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B42A

secondary

#7B72C8

accent

#43E553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B42A

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

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