#A68521#A68521

#A68521 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68521
RGB	rgb(166, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 2.78, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 54.54, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0017 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.118 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3894, 24.9935, 4.9782)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68521 #2142A6

analogous

#A64321 #A68521 #85A621

triadic

#A68521 #21A685 #8521A6

tetradic

#A68521 #21A643 #2142A6 #A62185

square

#A68521 #21A643 #2142A6 #A62185

split-complementary

#A68521 #2185A6 #4321A6

monochromatic

#40330D #735C17 #A68521 #D6AC2F #E0C062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A68521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A68521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68521

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68521	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a865',
    500: '#a68521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68521;
$custom-light: #c5a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68521

secondary

#5E78C5

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68521

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

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