#A6942B#A6942B

#A6942B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6942B
RGB	rgb(166, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -5.03, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 54.90, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0195 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7531, 29.4625, 6.5627)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6942B #2B3DA6

analogous

#A6572B #A6942B #7AA62B

triadic

#A6942B #2BA694 #942BA6

tetradic

#A6942B #2BA657 #2B3DA6 #A62B7A

square

#A6942B #2BA657 #2B3DA6 #A62B7A

split-complementary

#A6942B #2B7AA6 #572BA6

monochromatic

#453D12 #75691E #A6942B #CEB941 #DACB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A6942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A6942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6942B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6942B	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)

#A39019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b36c',
    500: '#a6942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6942b;
$custom-light: #c4b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6942B

secondary

#6B78C1

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6942B

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

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