#A69838#A69838

#A69838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69838
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -6.47, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 50.96, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0221 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.116 101)
XYZ	xyz(27.6691, 30.8502, 8.2378)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69838 #3846A6

analogous

#A66138 #A69838 #7DA638

triadic

#A69838 #38A698 #9838A6

tetradic

#A69838 #38A661 #3846A6 #A6387D

square

#A69838 #38A661 #3846A6 #A6387D

split-complementary

#A69838 #387DA6 #6138A6

monochromatic

#4A4419 #786E29 #A69838 #C6B755 #D5CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A69838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A69838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69838

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69838	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b674',
    500: '#a69838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69838;
$custom-light: #c3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.30849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69838

secondary

#7B84BF

accent

#60D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69838

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

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