#A69F38#A69F38
#A69F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A69F38 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 159, 56) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 50%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 66%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.3%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.31, -10.20, 52.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.31, 53.55, 100.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.89% -0.0327 0.1186) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.89% 0.123 105.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8389, 33.1898, 8.6278) |
| Luminance | 0.3319 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.03
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.58
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.42
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.86
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.15
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A69F38 #383FA6
analogous
#A66838 #A69F38 #76A638
triadic
#A69F38 #38A69F #9F38A6
tetradic
#A69F38 #38A668 #383FA6 #A63876
square
#A69F38 #38A668 #383FA6 #A63876
split-complementary
#A69F38 #3876A6 #6838A6
monochromatic
#4A4719 #787329 #A69F38 #C6BF55 #D5D083
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A69F38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.64
#A69F38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A69F38
7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A69F38 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A69F38 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.64 | 7.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC992A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2958A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a69f38; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 159, 56); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bb74',
500: '#a69f38',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a69f38; $custom-light: #c3bb74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a69f38",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 159,
"b": 56
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.182,
"s": 49.55,
"l": 43.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68886,
"c": 0.12304,
"h": 105.4
},
"luminance": 0.33189
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A69F38
secondary
#7B7FBF
accent
#58D94F
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B