#A69B59#A69B59

#A69B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.088 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69B59
RGB	rgb(166, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 46.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -5.39, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 36.31, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0152 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.088 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.2511, 32.2719, 14.1375)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69B59 #5964A6

analogous

#A67559 #A69B59 #8AA659

triadic

#A69B59 #59A69B #9B59A6

tetradic

#A69B59 #59A675 #5964A6 #A6598A

square

#A69B59 #59A675 #5964A6 #A6598A

split-complementary

#A69B59 #598AA6 #7559A6

monochromatic

#56512E #7E7644 #A69B59 #BBB381 #D1CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A69B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A69B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69B59

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69B59	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.088 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b889',
    500: '#a69b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69b59;
$custom-light: #c2b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68407,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69B59

secondary

#9CA1BF

accent

#70C661

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69B59

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

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