#A6942F#A6942F

#A6942F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6942F
RGB	rgb(166, 148, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -4.83, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 53.35, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0185 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8301, 29.4933, 6.9683)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6942F #2F41A6

analogous

#A6582F #A6942F #7DA62F

triadic

#A6942F #2FA694 #942FA6

tetradic

#A6942F #2FA658 #2F41A6 #A62F7D

square

#A6942F #2FA658 #2F41A6 #A62F7D

split-complementary

#A6942F #2F7DA6 #582FA6

monochromatic

#473F14 #766921 #A6942F #CBB747 #D8CA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A6942F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A6942F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6942F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6942F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6942F	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6942f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 148, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b36e',
    500: '#a6942f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6942f;
$custom-light: #c4b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6942f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66402,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6942F

secondary

#707CC1

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6942F

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

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