#A69427#A69427

#A69427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69427
RGB	rgb(166, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -5.21, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 56.36, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0204 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.125 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6833, 29.4346, 6.1950)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69427 #2739A6

analogous

#A65427 #A69427 #78A627

triadic

#A69427 #27A694 #9427A6

tetradic

#A69427 #27A654 #2739A6 #A62778

square

#A69427 #27A654 #2739A6 #A62778

split-complementary

#A69427 #2778A6 #5427A6

monochromatic

#433C10 #74681B #A69427 #D1BB3A #DCCC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A69427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A69427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A69427

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69427	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b36a',
    500: '#a69427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69427;
$custom-light: #c4b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66345,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69427

secondary

#6673C3

accent

#5AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69427

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

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