#A69E38#A69E38

#A69E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E38
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -9.67, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 53.17, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0312 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.122 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6676, 32.8473, 8.5707)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E38 #3840A6

analogous

#A66738 #A69E38 #77A638

triadic

#A69E38 #38A69E #9E38A6

tetradic

#A69E38 #38A667 #3840A6 #A63877

square

#A69E38 #38A667 #3840A6 #A63877

split-complementary

#A69E38 #3877A6 #6738A6

monochromatic

#4A4719 #787229 #A69E38 #C6BE55 #D5CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A69E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A69E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E38

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E38	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#AB992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba74',
    500: '#a69e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e38;
$custom-light: #c3ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E38

secondary

#7B80BF

accent

#59D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E38

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

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