#A68C22#A68C22

#A68C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68C22
RGB	rgb(166, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -1.05, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 55.84, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0091 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.122 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3941, 26.9801, 5.3832)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68C22 #223CA6

analogous

#A64A22 #A68C22 #7EA622

triadic

#A68C22 #22A68C #8C22A6

tetradic

#A68C22 #22A64A #223CA6 #A6227E

square

#A68C22 #22A64A #223CA6 #A6227E

split-complementary

#A68C22 #227EA6 #4A22A6

monochromatic

#40360D #736118 #A68C22 #D5B430 #DFC763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A68C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A68C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68C22

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68C22	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad67',
    500: '#a68c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68c22;
$custom-light: #c5ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64588,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68C22

secondary

#5F73C4

accent

#60E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68C22

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

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