#A69A23#A69A23

#A69A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69A23
RGB	rgb(166, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -8.58, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 59.59, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0303 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5861, 31.3407, 6.1861)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69A23 #232FA6

analogous

#A65923 #A69A23 #71A623

triadic

#A69A23 #23A69A #9A23A6

tetradic

#A69A23 #23A659 #232FA6 #A62371

square

#A69A23 #23A659 #232FA6 #A62371

split-complementary

#A69A23 #2371A6 #5923A6

monochromatic

#413C0E #736B18 #A69A23 #D4C532 #DFD365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A69A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A69A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69A23

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69A23	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)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b769',
    500: '#a69a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69a23;
$custom-light: #c4b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67633,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69A23

secondary

#616AC4

accent

#4FE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69A23

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

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