#A6B738#A6B738

#A6B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.149 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B738
RGB	rgb(166, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -22.47, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 63.54, 110.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0671 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.149 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3740, 42.2599, 10.1395)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B738 #4938B7

analogous

#B78838 #A6B738 #67B738

triadic

#A6B738 #38A6B7 #B738A6

tetradic

#A6B738 #38B788 #4938B7 #B73867

square

#A6B738 #38B788 #4938B7 #B73867

split-complementary

#A6B738 #3867B7 #8838B7

monochromatic

#51591B #7B882A #A6B738 #BFCE5E #D2DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A6B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#A6B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B738

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B738	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.149 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cc76',
    500: '#a6b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b738;
$custom-light: #c4cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.031,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B738

secondary

#8D84C7

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B738

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

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