#A68B27#A68B27
#A68B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A68B27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 139, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 62%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 77%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 76.5%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.71, -0.30, 53.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.71, 53.82, 90.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.41% -0.0065 0.1181) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.41% 0.118 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.3261, 26.7202, 5.7426) |
| Luminance | 0.2672 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.46
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 3.01
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.05
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.29
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.31
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A68B27 #2742A6
analogous
#A64B27 #A68B27 #81A627
triadic
#A68B27 #27A68B #8B27A6
tetradic
#A68B27 #27A64B #2742A6 #A62781
square
#A68B27 #27A64B #2742A6 #A62781
split-complementary
#A68B27 #2781A6 #4B27A6
monochromatic
#433810 #74621B #A68B27 #D1B13A #DCC46B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.31
#A68B27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.34
#A68B27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A68B27
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A68B27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A68B27 | 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)
#9B8915
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1912D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B47F78
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a68b27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 139, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4ac69',
500: '#a68b27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a68b27; $custom-light: #c4ac69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a68b27",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 139,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.244,
"s": 61.951,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64406,
"c": 0.11827,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.26719
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A68B27
secondary
#667AC3
accent
#65E543
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A