#A6B549#A6B549

#A6B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B549
RGB	rgb(166, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -20.34, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 55.78, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0595 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.134 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4530, 41.6362, 12.5763)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B549 #5849B5

analogous

#B58E49 #A6B549 #70B549

triadic

#A6B549 #49A6B5 #B549A6

tetradic

#A6B549 #49B58E #5849B5 #B54970

square

#A6B549 #49B58E #5849B5 #B54970

split-complementary

#A6B549 #4970B5 #8E49B5

monochromatic

#565E26 #7E8937 #A6B549 #BCC774 #D1D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A6B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A6B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B549

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B549	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cb80',
    500: '#a6b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b549;
$custom-light: #c3cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B549

secondary

#9B94C5

accent

#55D267

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B549

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

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