#A69A40#A69A40

#A69A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69A40
RGB	rgb(166, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -7.01, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 48.14, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0227 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2080, 31.5895, 9.4610)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69A40 #404CA6

analogous

#A66740 #A69A40 #7FA640

triadic

#A69A40 #40A69A #9A40A6

tetradic

#A69A40 #40A667 #404CA6 #A6407F

square

#A69A40 #40A667 #404CA6 #A6407F

split-complementary

#A69A40 #407FA6 #6740A6

monochromatic

#4E481E #7A712F #A69A40 #C2B761 #D3CB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A69A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A69A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69A40

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69A40	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b779',
    500: '#a69a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69a40;
$custom-light: #c3b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67865,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69A40

secondary

#848BBE

accent

#63D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69A40

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

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