#A69B38#A69B38

#A69B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69B38
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -8.08, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 52.05, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0267 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.119 103)
XYZ	xyz(28.1622, 31.8363, 8.4022)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69B38 #3843A6

analogous

#A66438 #A69B38 #7AA638

triadic

#A69B38 #38A69B #9B38A6

tetradic

#A69B38 #38A664 #3843A6 #A6387A

square

#A69B38 #38A664 #3843A6 #A6387A

split-complementary

#A69B38 #387AA6 #6438A6

monochromatic

#4A4619 #787029 #A69B38 #C6BB55 #D5CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A69B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A69B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69B38

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69B38	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b874',
    500: '#a69b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69b38;
$custom-light: #c3b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.31835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69B38

secondary

#7B82BF

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69B38

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

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