#A69F23#A69F23
#A69F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A69F23 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 159, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 65%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 79%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 78.9%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.18, -11.23, 60.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.18, 61.25, 100.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.74% -0.0377 0.131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.74% 0.136 106.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.4286, 33.0257, 6.4669) |
| Luminance | 0.3302 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.71
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.90
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.59
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.24
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.04
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A69F23 #232AA6
analogous
#A65E23 #A69F23 #6CA623
triadic
#A69F23 #23A69F #9F23A6
tetradic
#A69F23 #23A65E #232AA6 #A6236C
square
#A69F23 #23A65E #232AA6 #A6236C
split-complementary
#A69F23 #236CA6 #5E23A6
monochromatic
#413E0E #736F18 #A69F23 #D4CB32 #DFD865
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.76
#A69F23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.61
#A69F23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A69F23
7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A69F23 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A69F23 | 1.00 | 2.76 | 7.61 | 7.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B39488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a69f23; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 159, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.136 106.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4bb69',
500: '#a69f23',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a69f23; $custom-light: #c4bb69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a69f23",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 159,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.794,
"s": 65.174,
"l": 39.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68738,
"c": 0.13628,
"h": 106.1
},
"luminance": 0.33025
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A69F23
secondary
#6166C4
accent
#49E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A