#A69C49#A69C49
#A69C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.105 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A69C49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 156, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 39%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 56%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6%, 56%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.64, -7.39, 44.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.64, 44.70, 99.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.4% -0.0228 0.1029) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.4% 0.105 102.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8179, 32.3660, 11.0313) |
| Luminance | 0.3236 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 4.45
Dark Khaki
#9B8F55
ΔE00 5.95
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 6.87
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 7.47
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 7.54
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 7.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A69C49 #4953A6
analogous
#A66E49 #A69C49 #82A649
triadic
#A69C49 #49A69C #9C49A6
tetradic
#A69C49 #49A66E #4953A6 #A64982
square
#A69C49 #49A66E #4953A6 #A64982
split-complementary
#A69C49 #4982A6 #6E49A6
monochromatic
#514C24 #7B7436 #A69C49 #BFB66D #D2CB98
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#A69C49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.47
#A69C49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A69C49
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A69C49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A69C49 | 1.00 | 2.81 | 7.47 | 7.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99741
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9C4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B19289
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a69c49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 156, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.105 102.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3b97e',
500: '#a69c49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a69c49; $custom-light: #c3b97e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a69c49",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 156,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.548,
"s": 38.912,
"l": 46.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68404,
"c": 0.10537,
"h": 102.5
},
"luminance": 0.32365
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A69C49
secondary
#8D92BE
accent
#66CF59
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6EE
border
#D1D0C9
text
#13110A
muted
#82807C