#A69B23#A69B23

#A69B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69B23
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -9.12, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 59.91, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0318 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.133 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7519, 31.6722, 6.2413)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69B23 #232EA6

analogous

#A65A23 #A69B23 #70A623

triadic

#A69B23 #23A69B #9B23A6

tetradic

#A69B23 #23A65A #232EA6 #A62370

square

#A69B23 #23A65A #232EA6 #A62370

split-complementary

#A69B23 #2370A6 #5A23A6

monochromatic

#413D0E #736C18 #A69B23 #D4C632 #DFD465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A69B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A69B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69B23

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69B23	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b869',
    500: '#a69b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69b23;
$custom-light: #c4b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67853,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69B23

secondary

#6169C4

accent

#4EE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69B23

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

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