#A69F21#A69F21

#A69F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A69F21
RGB	rgb(166, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -11.30, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 61.85, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0381 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3998, 33.0142, 6.3150)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A69F21 #2128A6

analogous

#A65D21 #A69F21 #6BA621

triadic

#A69F21 #21A69F #9F21A6

tetradic

#A69F21 #21A65D #2128A6 #A6216B

square

#A69F21 #21A65D #2128A6 #A6216B

split-complementary

#A69F21 #216BA6 #5D21A6

monochromatic

#403D0D #736E17 #A69F21 #D6CD2F #E0D962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A69F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A69F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A69F21

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A69F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A69F21	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a69f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb69',
    500: '#a69f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a69f21;
$custom-light: #c4bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a69f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68727,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A69F21

secondary

#5E64C5

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A69F21

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

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