#A69C22#A69C22

#A69C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69C22
RGB	rgb(166, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -9.68, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 60.55, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0335 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9043, 32.0006, 6.2199)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69C22 #222CA6

analogous

#A65A22 #A69C22 #6EA622

triadic

#A69C22 #22A69C #9C22A6

tetradic

#A69C22 #22A65A #222CA6 #A6226E

square

#A69C22 #22A65A #222CA6 #A6226E

split-complementary

#A69C22 #226EA6 #5A22A6

monochromatic

#403D0D #736C18 #A69C22 #D5C830 #DFD663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A69C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A69C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69C22

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69C22	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b869',
    500: '#a69c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69c22;
$custom-light: #c4b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69C22

secondary

#5F67C4

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69C22

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →