#A69738#A69738

#A69738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69738
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -5.93, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 50.61, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0206 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5075, 30.5269, 8.1840)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69738 #3847A6

analogous

#A66038 #A69738 #7EA638

triadic

#A69738 #38A697 #9738A6

tetradic

#A69738 #38A660 #3847A6 #A6387E

square

#A69738 #38A660 #3847A6 #A6387E

split-complementary

#A69738 #387EA6 #6038A6

monochromatic

#4A4419 #786D29 #A69738 #C6B655 #D5CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A69738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A69738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69738

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69738	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b573',
    500: '#a69738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69738;
$custom-light: #c3b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67131,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69738

secondary

#7B84BF

accent

#62D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69738

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

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