#A6992B#A6992B

#A6992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.126 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6992B
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -7.71, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 56.52, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0271 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.126 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5544, 31.0651, 6.8298)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6992B #2B38A6

analogous

#A65C2B #A6992B #75A62B

triadic

#A6992B #2BA699 #992BA6

tetradic

#A6992B #2BA65C #2B38A6 #A62B75

square

#A6992B #2BA65C #2B38A6 #A62B75

split-complementary

#A6992B #2B75A6 #5C2BA6

monochromatic

#453F12 #756C1E #A6992B #CEBF41 #DACF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A6992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A6992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6992B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6992B	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.126 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b66c',
    500: '#a6992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6992b;
$custom-light: #c4b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67463,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6992B

secondary

#6B74C1

accent

#56E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6992B

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

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