#A69021#A69021

#A69021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69021
RGB	rgb(166, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -3.28, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 57.23, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0155 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9750, 28.1647, 5.5067)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69021 #2137A6

analogous

#A64E21 #A69021 #7AA621

triadic

#A69021 #21A690 #9021A6

tetradic

#A69021 #21A64E #2137A6 #A6217A

square

#A69021 #21A64E #2137A6 #A6217A

split-complementary

#A69021 #217AA6 #4E21A6

monochromatic

#40370D #736417 #A69021 #D6BA2F #E0CB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A69021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A69021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69021

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69021	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b067',
    500: '#a69021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69021;
$custom-light: #c5b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65442,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69021

secondary

#5E6FC5

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69021

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

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