#A69937#A69937

#A69937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69937
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -7.07, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 51.75, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.024 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8079, 31.1665, 8.1647)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69937 #3744A6

analogous

#A66137 #A69937 #7BA637

triadic

#A69937 #37A699 #9937A6

tetradic

#A69937 #37A661 #3744A6 #A6377B

square

#A69937 #37A661 #3744A6 #A6377B

split-complementary

#A69937 #377BA6 #6137A6

monochromatic

#4A4419 #786F28 #A69937 #C6B954 #D6CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A69937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69937

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69937	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b673',
    500: '#a69937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69937;
$custom-light: #c3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67558,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69937

secondary

#7A82BF

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69937

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

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