#A69E2B#A69E2B

#A69E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E2B
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -10.37, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 58.24, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0346 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.131 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3900, 32.7362, 7.1083)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E2B #2B33A6

analogous

#A6602B #A69E2B #70A62B

triadic

#A69E2B #2BA69E #9E2BA6

tetradic

#A69E2B #2BA660 #2B33A6 #A62B70

square

#A69E2B #2BA660 #2B33A6 #A62B70

split-complementary

#A69E2B #2B70A6 #602BA6

monochromatic

#454112 #75701E #A69E2B #CEC441 #DAD371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A69E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A69E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E2B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E2B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba6d',
    500: '#a69e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e2b;
$custom-light: #c4ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68564,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E2B

secondary

#6B71C1

accent

#50E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E2B

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

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