#A69D38#A69D38

#A69D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69D38
RGB	rgb(166, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -9.14, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 52.79, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0297 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4978, 32.5075, 8.5141)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69D38 #3841A6

analogous

#A66638 #A69D38 #78A638

triadic

#A69D38 #38A69D #9D38A6

tetradic

#A69D38 #38A666 #3841A6 #A63878

square

#A69D38 #38A666 #3841A6 #A63878

split-complementary

#A69D38 #3878A6 #6638A6

monochromatic

#4A4619 #787229 #A69D38 #C6BD55 #D5CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A69D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A69D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69D38

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69D38	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b974',
    500: '#a69d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69d38;
$custom-light: #c3b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68445,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69D38

secondary

#7B80BF

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69D38

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

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