#A68B38#A68B38

#A68B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.106 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68B38
RGB	rgb(166, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 0.61, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 46.80, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0019 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.106 91)
XYZ	xyz(25.6736, 26.8592, 7.5727)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68B38 #3853A6

analogous

#A65438 #A68B38 #8AA638

triadic

#A68B38 #38A68B #8B38A6

tetradic

#A68B38 #38A654 #3853A6 #A6388A

square

#A68B38 #38A654 #3853A6 #A6388A

split-complementary

#A68B38 #388AA6 #5438A6

monochromatic

#4A3E19 #786529 #A68B38 #C6AA55 #D5C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A68B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A68B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68B38

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68B38	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.106 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ac72',
    500: '#a68b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68b38;
$custom-light: #c4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6455,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.26858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68B38

secondary

#7B8CBF

accent

#71D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68B38

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

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