#A68A23#A68A23

#A68A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68A23
RGB	rgb(166, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 0.09, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 55.00, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0058 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1192, 26.4068, 5.3638)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68A23 #233FA6

analogous

#A64923 #A68A23 #80A623

triadic

#A68A23 #23A68A #8A23A6

tetradic

#A68A23 #23A649 #233FA6 #A62380

square

#A68A23 #23A649 #233FA6 #A62380

split-complementary

#A68A23 #2380A6 #4923A6

monochromatic

#41360E #736018 #A68A23 #D4B132 #DFC565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A68A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A68A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68A23

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68A23	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab67',
    500: '#a68a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68a23;
$custom-light: #c5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64167,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68A23

secondary

#6176C4

accent

#64E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68A23

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

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