#A69836#A69836

#A69836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69836
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -6.59, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 51.82, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0227 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6211, 30.8310, 7.9854)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69836 #3644A6

analogous

#A66036 #A69836 #7CA636

triadic

#A69836 #36A698 #9836A6

tetradic

#A69836 #36A660 #3644A6 #A6367C

square

#A69836 #36A660 #3644A6 #A6367C

split-complementary

#A69836 #367CA6 #6036A6

monochromatic

#4A4318 #786E27 #A69836 #C7B852 #D6CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A69836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A69836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69836

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69836	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b672',
    500: '#a69836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69836;
$custom-light: #c3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69836

secondary

#7981BF

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69836

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

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