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HEX atlas value

#A6A159

#A6A159 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Antique Gold. RGB 166, 161, 89, HSL 56° 30% 50%, luminance 0.3432; view contrast and conversions.

yellowwarmearth-tone
#A6A159 Sample readable text
HEX #A6A159
RGB rgb(166, 161, 89)
HSL hsl(56 30% 50%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 46, 35)
Luminance 0.3432
Contrast Black 7.86:1White 2.67:1

CSS

--color-a6a159: #A6A159;
.background-a6a159 { background-color: #A6A159; }
.text-a6a159 { color: #A6A159; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A6A159

#A6A159 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #A6A159 is visually closest to Antique Gold, a named orange color with HEX #B08D57.

The RGB channels are 166, 161, and 89, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 30% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.3432, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 22.45, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.86:1AA Pass
White text2.67:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A6A159 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.86:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF2.67:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C6C395#C6C395 · #000000 text · best 11.64:1#C2B93D#C2B93D · #000000 text · best 10.3:1Brushed Brass#B5A642 · #000000 text · best 8.5:1Camel#C19A6B · #000000 text · best 8.1:1#85A659#85A659 · #000000 text · best 7.6:1

Generated Palette

#A6A159#A6A159
#595EA6#595EA6
#A67A59#A67A59
#85A659#85A659
#C6C395#C6C395
#6A6739#6A6739

Color Harmonies

#595EA6#595EA6
#A67A59#A67A59
#85A659#85A659
#59A6A1#59A6A1
#A159A6#A159A6

Variants

#C6C395#C6C395
#6A6739#6A6739
#C2B93D#C2B93D
#8A8875#8A8875
#C9C8B6#C9C8B6
#FFF129#FFF129

Nearest Named Colors

Antique Gold#B08D57
Brass#B5A642
Brushed Brass#B5A642
Moss Green#8A9A5B
Camel#C19A6B

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3432
Black text7.86:1AA Pass
White text2.67:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#A6A159","rgb":[166,161,89],"hsl":[56,30,50],"cmyk":[0,3,46,35],"luminance":0.3432,"contrast":{"black":7.86,"white":2.67}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.67,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#C6C395","hex":"#C6C395","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.64,"contrastWhite":1.8,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C2B93D","hex":"#C2B93D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.3,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.5,"contrastWhite":2.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Camel","hex":"#C19A6B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#85A659","hex":"#85A659","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.6,"contrastWhite":2.76,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Antique Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a6a159.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brass.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brushed-brass.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#595EA6","analogous":["#A67A59","#85A659"],"triadic":["#59A6A1","#A159A6"],"tetradic":["#59A67A","#595EA6","#A65985"],"splitComplementary":["#5985A6","#7A59A6"],"monochromatic":["#C6C395","#A6A159","#6A6739"]}
Variants
{"light":"#C6C395","dark":"#6A6739","saturated":"#C2B93D","desaturated":"#8A8875","pastel":"#C9C8B6","neon":"#FFF129"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"antique-gold","name":"Antique Gold","hex":"#B08D57","distance":22.44994432064365},{"slug":"brass","name":"Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":27.910571473905726},{"slug":"brushed-brass","name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":27.910571473905726},{"slug":"moss-green","name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","distance":28.930952282978865},{"slug":"camel","name":"Camel","hex":"#C19A6B","distance":33.19638534539566}]
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