#A69E23#A69E23

#A69E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E23
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -10.70, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 60.91, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0363 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2573, 32.6832, 6.4098)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E23 #232BA6

analogous

#A65D23 #A69E23 #6DA623

triadic

#A69E23 #23A69E #9E23A6

tetradic

#A69E23 #23A65D #232BA6 #A6236D

square

#A69E23 #23A65D #232BA6 #A6236D

split-complementary

#A69E23 #236DA6 #5D23A6

monochromatic

#413E0E #736E18 #A69E23 #D4CA32 #DFD765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A69E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A69E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E23

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E23	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba69',
    500: '#a69e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e23;
$custom-light: #c4ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68516,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E23

secondary

#6167C4

accent

#4AE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E23

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

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