#A69E40#A69E40

#A69E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69E40
RGB	rgb(166, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -9.14, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 49.68, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0288 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.116 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8792, 32.9319, 9.6848)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69E40 #4048A6

analogous

#A66B40 #A69E40 #7BA640

triadic

#A69E40 #40A69E #9E40A6

tetradic

#A69E40 #40A66B #4048A6 #A6407B

square

#A69E40 #40A66B #4048A6 #A6407B

split-complementary

#A69E40 #407BA6 #6B40A6

monochromatic

#4E4A1E #7A742F #A69E40 #C2BB61 #D3CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A69E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A69E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69E40

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69E40	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba79',
    500: '#a69e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69e40;
$custom-light: #c3ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68742,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69E40

secondary

#8488BE

accent

#5ED454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69E40

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

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