HEX atlas value

#A69959

#A69959 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Antique Gold. RGB 166, 153, 89, HSL 50° 30% 50%, luminance 0.3161; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm earth-tone

#A69959 Sample readable text

HEX #A69959

RGB rgb(166, 153, 89)

HSL hsl(50 30% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 46, 35)

Luminance 0.3161

Contrast Black 7.32:1White 2.87:1

CSS

--color-a69959: #A69959;
.background-a69959 { background-color: #A69959; }
.text-a69959 { color: #A69959; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A69959

#A69959 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #A69959 is visually closest to Antique Gold, a named orange color with HEX #B08D57.

The RGB channels are 166, 153, and 89, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 50deg with 30% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.3161, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.75, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.32:1AA Pass

White text2.87:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A69959 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.32:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.87:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C6BE95#C6BE95 · #000000 text · best 11.2:1 #C2AC3D#C2AC3D · #000000 text · best 9.26:1 Brushed Brass#B5A642 · #000000 text · best 8.5:1 Camel#C19A6B · #000000 text · best 8.1:1 #8CA659#8CA659 · #000000 text · best 7.71:1

Generated Palette

#A69959#A69959

#5966A6#5966A6

#A67359#A67359

#8CA659#8CA659

#C6BE95#C6BE95

#6A6239#6A6239

Color Harmonies

#5966A6#5966A6

#A67359#A67359

#8CA659#8CA659

#59A699#59A699

#9959A6#9959A6

Variants

#C6BE95#C6BE95

#6A6239#6A6239

#C2AC3D#C2AC3D

#8A8675#8A8675

#C9C6B6#C9C6B6

#FFDB29#FFDB29

Nearest Named Colors

Antique Gold#B08D57

Moss Green#8A9A5B

Brass#B5A642

Brushed Brass#B5A642

Camel#C19A6B

Luminance0.3161

Black text7.32:1AA Pass

White text2.87:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#A69959","rgb":[166,153,89],"hsl":[50,30,50],"cmyk":[0,8,46,35],"luminance":0.3161,"contrast":{"black":7.32,"white":2.87}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.32,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.87,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C6BE95","hex":"#C6BE95","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.2,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C2AC3D","hex":"#C2AC3D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.26,"contrastWhite":2.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.5,"contrastWhite":2.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Camel","hex":"#C19A6B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#8CA659","hex":"#8CA659","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.71,"contrastWhite":2.72,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Antique Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a69959.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brass.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5966A6","analogous":["#A67359","#8CA659"],"triadic":["#59A699","#9959A6"],"tetradic":["#59A673","#5966A6","#A6598C"],"splitComplementary":["#598CA6","#7359A6"],"monochromatic":["#C6BE95","#A69959","#6A6239"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C6BE95","dark":"#6A6239","saturated":"#C2AC3D","desaturated":"#8A8675","pastel":"#C9C6B6","neon":"#FFDB29"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"antique-gold","name":"Antique Gold","hex":"#B08D57","distance":15.748015748023622},{"slug":"moss-green","name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","distance":28.089143810376278},{"slug":"brass","name":"Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":30.380915061926625},{"slug":"brushed-brass","name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":30.380915061926625},{"slug":"camel","name":"Camel","hex":"#C19A6B","distance":32.46536616149585}]

#A69959

CSS

About #A69959

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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