#A6B72A#A6B72A

#A6B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.157 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B72A
RGB	rgb(166, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -23.16, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 68.25, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0703 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.157 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0782, 42.1416, 8.5816)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B72A #3B2AB7

analogous

#B7822A #A6B72A #60B72A

triadic

#A6B72A #2AA6B7 #B72AA6

tetradic

#A6B72A #2AB782 #3B2AB7 #B72A60

square

#A6B72A #2AB782 #3B2AB7 #B72A60

split-complementary

#A6B72A #2A60B7 #822AB7

monochromatic

#4C5313 #79851F #A6B72A #C4D549 #D4E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A6B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#A6B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B72A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B72A	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.157 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cc70',
    500: '#a6b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b72a;
$custom-light: #c4cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.234,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B72A

secondary

#7E74C9

accent

#42E656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B72A

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

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