#A69C38#A69C38

#A69C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69C38
RGB	rgb(166, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -8.61, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 52.42, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0282 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.12 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3293, 32.1705, 8.4579)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69C38 #3842A6

analogous

#A66538 #A69C38 #79A638

triadic

#A69C38 #38A69C #9C38A6

tetradic

#A69C38 #38A665 #3842A6 #A63879

square

#A69C38 #38A665 #3842A6 #A63879

split-complementary

#A69C38 #3879A6 #6538A6

monochromatic

#4A4619 #787129 #A69C38 #C6BC55 #D5CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A69C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A69C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69C38

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69C38	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b874',
    500: '#a69c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69c38;
$custom-light: #c3b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68225,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69C38

secondary

#7B81BF

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69C38

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

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