#A68B2F#A68B2F
#A68B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.113 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A68B2F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 139, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 56%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 72%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.7%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.77, 0.09, 50.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.77, 50.68, 89.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.47% -0.0045 0.113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.47% 0.113 92.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.4729, 26.7789, 6.5159) |
| Luminance | 0.2678 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 3.31
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 3.64
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.85
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.93
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.15
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A68B2F #2F4AA6
analogous
#A6502F #A68B2F #86A62F
triadic
#A68B2F #2FA68B #8B2FA6
tetradic
#A68B2F #2FA650 #2F4AA6 #A62F86
square
#A68B2F #2FA650 #2F4AA6 #A62F86
split-complementary
#A68B2F #2F86A6 #502FA6
monochromatic
#473B14 #766321 #A68B2F #CBAD47 #D8C277
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.30
#A68B2F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.36
#A68B2F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A68B2F
6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A68B2F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A68B2F | 1.00 | 3.30 | 6.36 | 6.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A8922
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19134
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B48078
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a68b2f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 139, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.113 92.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4ac6d',
500: '#a68b2f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a68b2f; $custom-light: #c4ac6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a68b2f",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 139,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.387,
"s": 55.869,
"l": 41.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64467,
"c": 0.11313,
"h": 92.3
},
"luminance": 0.26777
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A68B2F
secondary
#7082C1
accent
#6BDF49
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EC
border
#D1CEC7
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A