#A68828#A68828

#A68828 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.116 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68828
RGB	rgb(166, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 75.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 1.40, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 52.69, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0015 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.116 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9145, 25.8701, 5.6882)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68828 #2846A6

analogous

#A64928 #A68828 #85A628

triadic

#A68828 #28A688 #8828A6

tetradic

#A68828 #28A649 #2846A6 #A62885

square

#A68828 #28A649 #2846A6 #A62885

split-complementary

#A68828 #2885A6 #4928A6

monochromatic

#433710 #75601C #A68828 #D0AC3B #DCC16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A68828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A68828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68828

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68828	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.116 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4aa69',
    500: '#a68828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68828;
$custom-light: #c4aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68828

secondary

#677DC2

accent

#6AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68828

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

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