#A68B22#A68B22

#A68B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68B22
RGB	rgb(166, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -0.50, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 55.59, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0076 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.121 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2487, 26.6892, 5.3347)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68B22 #223DA6

analogous

#A64922 #A68B22 #7FA622

triadic

#A68B22 #22A68B #8B22A6

tetradic

#A68B22 #22A649 #223DA6 #A6227F

square

#A68B22 #22A649 #223DA6 #A6227F

split-complementary

#A68B22 #227FA6 #4922A6

monochromatic

#40360D #736018 #A68B22 #D5B330 #DFC663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A68B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A68B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68B22

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68B22	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac66',
    500: '#a68b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68b22;
$custom-light: #c5ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64374,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68B22

secondary

#5F74C4

accent

#62E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68B22

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

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