#A68B23#A68B23

#A68B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68B23
RGB	rgb(166, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -0.46, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 55.25, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0074 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.121 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2633, 26.6951, 5.4118)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68B23 #233EA6

analogous

#A64A23 #A68B23 #7FA623

triadic

#A68B23 #23A68B #8B23A6

tetradic

#A68B23 #23A64A #233EA6 #A6237F

square

#A68B23 #23A64A #233EA6 #A6237F

split-complementary

#A68B23 #237FA6 #4A23A6

monochromatic

#41360E #736118 #A68B23 #D4B332 #DFC565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A68B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A68B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68B23

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68B23	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)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac67',
    500: '#a68b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68b23;
$custom-light: #c5ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6438,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68B23

secondary

#6175C4

accent

#62E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68B23

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

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