#A69936#A69936

#A69936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69936
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -7.13, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 52.17, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0243 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7841, 31.1570, 8.0397)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69936 #3643A6

analogous

#A66136 #A69936 #7BA636

triadic

#A69936 #36A699 #9936A6

tetradic

#A69936 #36A661 #3643A6 #A6367B

square

#A69936 #36A661 #3643A6 #A6367B

split-complementary

#A69936 #367BA6 #6136A6

monochromatic

#4A4418 #786E27 #A69936 #C7B952 #D6CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A69936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69936

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69936	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b672',
    500: '#a69936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69936;
$custom-light: #c3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69936

secondary

#7981BF

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69936

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

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