#A6B42E#A6B42E

#A6B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.152 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B42E
RGB	rgb(166, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -21.50, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 65.75, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0654 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.152 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5412, 40.9473, 8.7736)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B42E #3C2EB4

analogous

#B47F2E #A6B42E #63B42E

triadic

#A6B42E #2EA6B4 #B42EA6

tetradic

#A6B42E #2EB47F #3C2EB4 #B42E63

square

#A6B42E #2EB47F #3C2EB4 #B42E63

split-complementary

#A6B42E #2E63B4 #7F2EB4

monochromatic

#4C5315 #798322 #A6B42E #C4D24E #D4DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A6B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B42E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B42E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.152 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ca71',
    500: '#a6b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b42e;
$custom-light: #c4ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B42E

secondary

#7F77C7

accent

#45E256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B42E

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

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