#A6994B#A6994B

#A6994B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6994B
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 54.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -5.62, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 42.54, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0174 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(28.3881, 31.3985, 11.2204)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6994B #4B58A6

analogous

#A66C4B #A6994B #85A64B

triadic

#A6994B #4BA699 #994BA6

tetradic

#A6994B #4BA66C #4B58A6 #A64B85

square

#A6994B #4BA66C #4B58A6 #A64B85

split-complementary

#A6994B #4B85A6 #6C4BA6

monochromatic

#524B25 #7C7238 #A6994B #BEB370 #D1C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A6994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A6994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6994B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6994B	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b680',
    500: '#a6994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6994b;
$custom-light: #c2b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6994B

secondary

#8F96BE

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6994B

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

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