#A69E36#A69E36

#A69E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E36
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -9.79, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 54.00, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0318 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6197, 32.8281, 8.3182)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E36 #363EA6

analogous

#A66636 #A69E36 #76A636

triadic

#A69E36 #36A69E #9E36A6

tetradic

#A69E36 #36A666 #363EA6 #A63676

square

#A69E36 #36A666 #363EA6 #A63676

split-complementary

#A69E36 #3676A6 #6636A6

monochromatic

#4A4618 #787227 #A69E36 #C7BF52 #D6D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A69E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A69E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E36

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E36	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba73',
    500: '#a69e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e36;
$custom-light: #c3ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E36

secondary

#797EBF

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E36

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

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