#A69A42#A69A42

#A69A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69A42
RGB	rgb(166, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -6.87, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 47.22, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0221 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2659, 31.6126, 9.7661)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69A42 #424EA6

analogous

#A66842 #A69A42 #80A642

triadic

#A69A42 #42A69A #9A42A6

tetradic

#A69A42 #42A668 #424EA6 #A64280

square

#A69A42 #42A668 #424EA6 #A64280

split-complementary

#A69A42 #4280A6 #6842A6

monochromatic

#4E491F #7A7131 #A69A42 #C1B664 #D3CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A69A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A69A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69A42

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69A42	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)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b77a',
    500: '#a69a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69a42;
$custom-light: #c3b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69A42

secondary

#868DBE

accent

#64D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69A42

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

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