#a6b142

Color #a6b142

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 17.96 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b142

RGB

rgb(166, 177, 66)

HSL

hsl(65.9, 45.7%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.9, 62.7%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 62.7%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(69.43, -18.84, 53.71)

LCH

lch(69.43, 56.92, 109.33)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1347, 114.57)

HWB

hwb(65.9, 25.9%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d42b1

Analogous

#b18442

#a6b142

#6eb142

Triadic

#a6b142

#42a6b1

#b142a6

Split-complementary

#a6b142

#426eb1

#8442b1

Tetradic

#a6b142

#42b14d

#4d42b1

#b142a6

Square

#a6b142

#42b184

#4d42b1

#b1426e

Shades

Color #a6b142 mixed toward black.

#8a9337

#6f762c

#535821

#373b16

#1c1d0b

Tints

Color #a6b142 mixed toward white.

#b9c35d

#c7cf7d

#d5db9e

#e3e7be

#f1f3df

Tones

Color #a6b142 mixed toward gray.

#9fa84b

#979e54

#90955e

#888c67

#818370

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab6b · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#aaa973 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#a78186 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b142;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b142]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a6b142 (#a6b142) is rgb(166, 177, 66) in RGB.

No, #a6b142 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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