#A69A57#A69A57

#A69A57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.089 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69A57
RGB	rgb(166, 154, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -5.05, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 36.93, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0145 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.089 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0026, 31.9073, 13.6460)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69A57 #5763A6

analogous

#A67357 #A69A57 #8BA657

triadic

#A69A57 #57A69A #9A57A6

tetradic

#A69A57 #57A673 #5763A6 #A6578B

square

#A69A57 #57A673 #5763A6 #A6578B

split-complementary

#A69A57 #578BA6 #7357A6

monochromatic

#564F2D #7E7542 #A69A57 #BCB27F #D1CAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A69A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A69A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69A57

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69A57	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 154, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.089 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b788',
    500: '#a69a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69a57;
$custom-light: #c2b788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68159,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69A57

secondary

#9AA0BE

accent

#70C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69A57

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

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