#A69221#A69221

#A69221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69221
RGB	rgb(166, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -4.36, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 57.79, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0186 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2807, 28.7759, 5.6086)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69221 #2135A6

analogous

#A64F21 #A69221 #78A621

triadic

#A69221 #21A692 #9221A6

tetradic

#A69221 #21A64F #2135A6 #A62178

square

#A69221 #21A64F #2135A6 #A62178

split-complementary

#A69221 #2178A6 #4F21A6

monochromatic

#40380D #736517 #A69221 #D6BC2F #E0CD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A69221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#A69221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69221

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69221	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b167',
    500: '#a69221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69221;
$custom-light: #c4b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65875,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69221

secondary

#5E6EC5

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69221

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

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