#A69227#A69227

#A69227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69227
RGB	rgb(166, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -4.12, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 55.76, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0174 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3723, 28.8126, 6.0913)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69227 #273BA6

analogous

#A65227 #A69227 #7BA627

triadic

#A69227 #27A692 #9227A6

tetradic

#A69227 #27A652 #273BA6 #A6277B

square

#A69227 #27A652 #273BA6 #A6277B

split-complementary

#A69227 #277BA6 #5227A6

monochromatic

#433B10 #74661B #A69227 #D1B93A #DCCA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A69227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#A69227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69227

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69227	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)

#A18E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b16a',
    500: '#a69227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69227;
$custom-light: #c4b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65911,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69227

secondary

#6675C3

accent

#5CE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69227

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

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