#A69E24#A69E24

#A69E24 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	#A69E24
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 78.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -10.66, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 60.60, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0361 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2724, 32.6892, 6.4891)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E24 #242CA6

analogous

#A65D24 #A69E24 #6DA624

triadic

#A69E24 #24A69E #9E24A6

tetradic

#A69E24 #24A65D #242CA6 #A6246D

square

#A69E24 #24A65D #242CA6 #A6246D

split-complementary

#A69E24 #246DA6 #5D24A6

monochromatic

#413E0E #746E19 #A69E24 #D3C934 #DED766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A69E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A69E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E24

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E24	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)

#AC9802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba6a',
    500: '#a69e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e24;
$custom-light: #c4ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68522,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E24

secondary

#6268C4

accent

#4BE740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E24

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

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