#A6991E#A6991E

#A6991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.133 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6991E
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -8.23, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 60.78, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0297 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.133 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3528, 30.9844, 5.7679)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6991E #1E2BA6

analogous

#A6551E #A6991E #6FA61E

triadic

#A6991E #1EA699 #991EA6

tetradic

#A6991E #1EA655 #1E2BA6 #A61E6F

square

#A6991E #1EA655 #1E2BA6 #A61E6F

split-complementary

#A6991E #1E6FA6 #551EA6

monochromatic

#3E390B #726915 #A6991E #D8C829 #E2D55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A6991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A6991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6991E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6991E	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.133 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b666',
    500: '#a6991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6991e;
$custom-light: #c4b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67387,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6991E

secondary

#5A64C6

accent

#4CEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6991E

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

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