#A69938#A69938

#A69938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69938
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -7.01, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 51.32, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0237 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8321, 31.1761, 8.2922)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69938 #3845A6

analogous

#A66238 #A69938 #7CA638

triadic

#A69938 #38A699 #9938A6

tetradic

#A69938 #38A662 #3845A6 #A6387C

square

#A69938 #38A662 #3845A6 #A6387C

split-complementary

#A69938 #387CA6 #6238A6

monochromatic

#4A4519 #786F29 #A69938 #C6B955 #D5CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A69938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69938

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69938	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b674',
    500: '#a69938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69938;
$custom-light: #c3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67567,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69938

secondary

#7B83BF

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69938

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

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