#A69857#A69857

#A69857 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69857
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -3.97, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 36.12, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0114 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.087 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6752, 31.2526, 13.5369)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69857 #5765A6

analogous

#A67157 #A69857 #8DA657

triadic

#A69857 #57A698 #9857A6

tetradic

#A69857 #57A671 #5765A6 #A6578D

square

#A69857 #57A671 #5765A6 #A6578D

split-complementary

#A69857 #578DA6 #7157A6

monochromatic

#564E2D #7E7342 #A69857 #BCB17F #D1C9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A69857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69857

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69857	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b688',
    500: '#a69857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69857;
$custom-light: #c2b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69857

secondary

#9AA1BE

accent

#73C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69857

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

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