#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
RGB	rgb(166, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -1.01, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 55.50, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0089 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.121 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4088, 26.9860, 5.4603)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A68C23	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)

#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

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

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