#A69949#A69949

#A69949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69949
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -5.78, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 43.52, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0182 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.102 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3207, 31.3716, 10.8656)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69949 #4956A6

analogous

#A66B49 #A69949 #85A649

triadic

#A69949 #49A699 #9949A6

tetradic

#A69949 #49A66B #4956A6 #A64985

square

#A69949 #49A66B #4956A6 #A64985

split-complementary

#A69949 #4985A6 #6B49A6

monochromatic

#514B24 #7B7236 #A69949 #BFB46D #D2CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A69949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A69949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69949

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69949	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b67e',
    500: '#a69949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69949;
$custom-light: #c3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6775,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69949

secondary

#8D94BE

accent

#69CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69949

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

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