#A69A38#A69A38

#A69A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69A38
RGB	rgb(166, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -7.54, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 51.68, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0252 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9964, 31.5049, 8.3470)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69A38 #3844A6

analogous

#A66338 #A69A38 #7BA638

triadic

#A69A38 #38A69A #9A38A6

tetradic

#A69A38 #38A663 #3844A6 #A6387B

square

#A69A38 #38A663 #3844A6 #A6387B

split-complementary

#A69A38 #387BA6 #6338A6

monochromatic

#4A4519 #787029 #A69A38 #C6BA55 #D5CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A69A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A69A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69A38

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69A38	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b774',
    500: '#a69a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69a38;
$custom-light: #c3b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69A38

secondary

#7B82BF

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69A38

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

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