#A69851#A69851

#A69851 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69851
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -4.54, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 39.17, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0137 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4402, 31.1586, 12.2991)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69851 #515FA6

analogous

#A66D51 #A69851 #89A651

triadic

#A69851 #51A698 #9851A6

tetradic

#A69851 #51A66D #515FA6 #A65189

square

#A69851 #51A66D #515FA6 #A65189

split-complementary

#A69851 #5189A6 #6D51A6

monochromatic

#544D29 #7D723D #A69851 #BDB177 #D1C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A69851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69851

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69851	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b683',
    500: '#a69851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69851;
$custom-light: #c2b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67639,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69851

secondary

#959CBE

accent

#6FCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69851

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

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