#A68A21#A68A21

#A68A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68A21
RGB	rgb(166, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 0.01, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 55.68, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0062 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(25.0903, 26.3953, 5.2118)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68A21 #213DA6

analogous

#A64721 #A68A21 #80A621

triadic

#A68A21 #21A68A #8A21A6

tetradic

#A68A21 #21A647 #213DA6 #A62180

square

#A68A21 #21A647 #213DA6 #A62180

split-complementary

#A68A21 #2180A6 #4721A6

monochromatic

#40350D #736017 #A68A21 #D6B22F #E0C562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A68A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A68A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68A21

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68A21	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab66',
    500: '#a68a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68a21;
$custom-light: #c5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64155,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.26394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68A21

secondary

#5E74C5

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68A21

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

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