#A69D40#A69D40

#A69D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.115 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69D40
RGB	rgb(166, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -8.61, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 49.29, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0273 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.115 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7093, 32.5921, 9.6281)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69D40 #4049A6

analogous

#A66A40 #A69D40 #7CA640

triadic

#A69D40 #40A69D #9D40A6

tetradic

#A69D40 #40A66A #4049A6 #A6407C

square

#A69D40 #40A66A #4049A6 #A6407C

split-complementary

#A69D40 #407CA6 #6A40A6

monochromatic

#4E491E #7A732F #A69D40 #C2BA61 #D3CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A69D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A69D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69D40

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69D40	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.115 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b979',
    500: '#a69d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69d40;
$custom-light: #c3b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68522,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69D40

secondary

#8489BE

accent

#5FD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69D40

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

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