#A69038#A69038

#A69038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69038
RGB	rgb(166, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -2.14, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 48.29, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0098 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.11 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4142, 28.3404, 7.8195)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69038 #384EA6

analogous

#A65938 #A69038 #85A638

triadic

#A69038 #38A690 #9038A6

tetradic

#A69038 #38A659 #384EA6 #A63885

square

#A69038 #38A659 #384EA6 #A63885

split-complementary

#A69038 #3885A6 #5938A6

monochromatic

#4A4119 #786829 #A69038 #C6AF55 #D5C583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A69038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A69038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69038

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69038	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b073',
    500: '#a69038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69038;
$custom-light: #c3b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65617,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69038

secondary

#7B88BF

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69038

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

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