#A68C28#A68C28

#A68C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68C28
RGB	rgb(166, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 75.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -0.80, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 53.71, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0078 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.118 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4884, 27.0178, 5.8795)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68C28 #2842A6

analogous

#A64D28 #A68C28 #81A628

triadic

#A68C28 #28A68C #8C28A6

tetradic

#A68C28 #28A64D #2842A6 #A62881

square

#A68C28 #28A64D #2842A6 #A62881

split-complementary

#A68C28 #2881A6 #4D28A6

monochromatic

#433910 #75621C #A68C28 #D0B13B #DCC56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A68C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A68C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68C28

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68C28	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)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ad69',
    500: '#a68c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68c28;
$custom-light: #c4ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64627,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68C28

secondary

#677AC2

accent

#65E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68C28

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

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