#A68C21#A68C21

#A68C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68C21
RGB	rgb(166, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -1.09, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 56.17, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0094 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.122 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3799, 26.9745, 5.3083)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68C21 #213BA6

analogous

#A64A21 #A68C21 #7EA621

triadic

#A68C21 #21A68C #8C21A6

tetradic

#A68C21 #21A64A #213BA6 #A6217E

square

#A68C21 #21A64A #213BA6 #A6217E

split-complementary

#A68C21 #217EA6 #4A21A6

monochromatic

#40360D #736117 #A68C21 #D6B52F #E0C762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A68C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#A68C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68C21

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68C21	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad66',
    500: '#a68c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68c21;
$custom-light: #c5ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64582,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68C21

secondary

#5E72C5

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68C21

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

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