#A69C23#A69C23

#A69C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69C23
RGB	rgb(166, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -9.65, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 60.24, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0333 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9190, 32.0064, 6.2970)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69C23 #232DA6

analogous

#A65B23 #A69C23 #6FA623

triadic

#A69C23 #23A69C #9C23A6

tetradic

#A69C23 #23A65B #232DA6 #A6236F

square

#A69C23 #23A65B #232DA6 #A6236F

split-complementary

#A69C23 #236FA6 #5B23A6

monochromatic

#413D0E #736D18 #A69C23 #D4C832 #DFD565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A69C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A69C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69C23

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69C23	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)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b869',
    500: '#a69c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69c23;
$custom-light: #c4b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68074,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69C23

secondary

#6168C4

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69C23

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

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