#A69940#A69940

#A69940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69940
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -6.48, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 47.76, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0212 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.111 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.0436, 31.2608, 9.4062)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69940 #404DA6

analogous

#A66640 #A69940 #80A640

triadic

#A69940 #40A699 #9940A6

tetradic

#A69940 #40A666 #404DA6 #A64080

square

#A69940 #40A666 #404DA6 #A64080

split-complementary

#A69940 #4080A6 #6640A6

monochromatic

#4E481E #7A702F #A69940 #C2B661 #D3CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A69940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A69940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69940

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69940	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b678',
    500: '#a69940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69940;
$custom-light: #c3b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67647,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69940

secondary

#848BBE

accent

#64D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69940

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

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