#A69638#A69638

#A69638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69638
RGB	rgb(166, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -5.40, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 50.26, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0191 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3472, 30.2064, 8.1306)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69638 #3848A6

analogous

#A65F38 #A69638 #7FA638

triadic

#A69638 #38A696 #9638A6

tetradic

#A69638 #38A65F #3848A6 #A6387F

square

#A69638 #38A65F #3848A6 #A6387F

split-complementary

#A69638 #387FA6 #5F38A6

monochromatic

#4A4319 #786D29 #A69638 #C6B555 #D5C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A69638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A69638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69638

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69638	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b473',
    500: '#a69638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69638;
$custom-light: #c3b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66913,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69638

secondary

#7B85BF

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69638

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

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