#A69D3E#A69D3E
#A69D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A69D3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 157, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 46%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 63%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.7%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.81, -8.75, 49.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.81, 50.19, 100.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.5% -0.0279 0.1129) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.5% 0.116 103.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6534, 32.5698, 9.3338) |
| Luminance | 0.3257 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.22
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.59
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.77
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.17
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.53
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A69D3E #3E47A6
analogous
#A6693E #A69D3E #7BA63E
triadic
#A69D3E #3EA69D #9D3EA6
tetradic
#A69D3E #3EA669 #3E47A6 #A63E7B
square
#A69D3E #3EA669 #3E47A6 #A63E7B
split-complementary
#A69D3E #3E7BA6 #693EA6
monochromatic
#4D491D #79732D #A69D3E #C3BA5E #D4CD8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.79
#A69D3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.51
#A69D3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A69D3E
7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A69D3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A69D3E | 1.00 | 2.79 | 7.51 | 7.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9833
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9D43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B29389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a69d3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 157, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3b978',
500: '#a69d3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a69d3e; $custom-light: #c3b978; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a69d3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 157,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.808,
"s": 45.614,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68502,
"c": 0.11627,
"h": 103.9
},
"luminance": 0.32569
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A69D3E
secondary
#8287BE
accent
#5ED553
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131109
muted
#82807B