#A68C23#A68C23

#A68C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A68C23
RGBrgb(166, 140, 35)
HSLhsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(48, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.7%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.96, -1.01, 55.49)
CIE-LCHlch(58.96, 55.50, 91.05°)
OKLaboklab(64.59% -0.0089 0.1208)
OKLCHoklch(64.59% 0.121 94.2)
XYZxyz(25.4088, 26.9860, 5.4603)
Luminance0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A68C23 #233DA6
analogous
#A64B23 #A68C23 #7EA623
triadic
#A68C23 #23A68C #8C23A6
tetradic
#A68C23 #23A64B #233DA6 #A6237E
square
#A68C23 #23A64B #233DA6 #A6237E
split-complementary
#A68C23 #237EA6 #4B23A6
monochromatic
#41370E #736118 #A68C23 #D4B432 #DFC665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28
#A68C23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40
#A68C23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68C23
6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A68C23#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A68C231.003.286.406.40
#FFFFFF3.281.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4021.001.001.00
##0000006.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9C890C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2912A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B48078
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a68c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad67',
    500: '#a68c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a68c23;
$custom-light: #c5ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a68c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A68C23
secondary
#6175C4
accent
#61E840
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68C23

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#A68C23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva