#A6942A#A6942A

#A6942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6942A
RGB	rgb(166, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -5.07, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 55.27, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0197 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7350, 29.4553, 6.4673)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6942A #2A3CA6

analogous

#A6562A #A6942A #7AA62A

triadic

#A6942A #2AA694 #942AA6

tetradic

#A6942A #2AA656 #2A3CA6 #A62A7A

square

#A6942A #2AA656 #2A3CA6 #A62A7A

split-complementary

#A6942A #2A7AA6 #562AA6

monochromatic

#443D11 #75681E #A6942A #CEBA3F #DBCB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A6942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A6942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6942A

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6942A	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)

#A39017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b36b',
    500: '#a6942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6942a;
$custom-light: #c4b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66365,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6942A

secondary

#6A77C2

accent

#5CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6942A

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

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