#A69231#A69231

#A69231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69231
RGB	rgb(166, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -3.64, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 51.91, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0149 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.117 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5604, 28.8878, 7.0820)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69231 #3145A6

analogous

#A65831 #A69231 #7FA631

triadic

#A69231 #31A692 #9231A6

tetradic

#A69231 #31A658 #3145A6 #A6317F

square

#A69231 #31A658 #3145A6 #A6317F

split-complementary

#A69231 #317FA6 #5831A6

monochromatic

#473F15 #776823 #A69231 #CAB44A #D8C87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A69231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A69231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69231

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69231	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b16f',
    500: '#a69231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69231;
$custom-light: #c4b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65985,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69231

secondary

#7380C0

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69231

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

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