#A69B31#A69B31

#A69B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69B31
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -8.48, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 54.92, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0286 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0028, 31.7726, 7.5628)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69B31 #313CA6

analogous

#A66131 #A69B31 #77A631

triadic

#A69B31 #31A69B #9B31A6

tetradic

#A69B31 #31A661 #313CA6 #A63177

square

#A69B31 #31A661 #313CA6 #A63177

split-complementary

#A69B31 #3177A6 #6131A6

monochromatic

#474315 #776F23 #A69B31 #CABE4A #D8CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A69B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A69B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69B31

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69B31	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b870',
    500: '#a69b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69b31;
$custom-light: #c4b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67946,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69B31

secondary

#737AC0

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69B31

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

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