#A68821#A68821

#A68821 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68821
RGB	rgb(166, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 1.11, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 55.20, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0031 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8060, 25.8267, 5.1170)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68821 #213FA6

analogous

#A64621 #A68821 #82A621

triadic

#A68821 #21A688 #8821A6

tetradic

#A68821 #21A646 #213FA6 #A62182

square

#A68821 #21A646 #213FA6 #A62182

split-complementary

#A68821 #2182A6 #4621A6

monochromatic

#40340D #735E17 #A68821 #D6B02F #E0C362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A68821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A68821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68821

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68821	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aa66',
    500: '#a68821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68821;
$custom-light: #c5aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6373,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68821

secondary

#5E75C5

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68821

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

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