#A69E31#A69E31

#A69E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E31
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -10.07, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 56.00, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0331 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5083, 32.7835, 7.7313)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E31 #3139A6

analogous

#A66331 #A69E31 #74A631

triadic

#A69E31 #31A69E #9E31A6

tetradic

#A69E31 #31A663 #3139A6 #A63174

square

#A69E31 #31A663 #3139A6 #A63174

split-complementary

#A69E31 #3174A6 #6331A6

monochromatic

#474415 #777123 #A69E31 #CAC14A #D8D17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A69E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A69E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E31

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E31	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba70',
    500: '#a69e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e31;
$custom-light: #c4ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E31

secondary

#7378C0

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E31

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

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