#A68C38#A68C38

#A68C38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68C38
RGB	rgb(166, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 0.06, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 47.08, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0034 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.107 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8191, 27.1501, 7.6212)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68C38 #3852A6

analogous

#A65538 #A68C38 #89A638

triadic

#A68C38 #38A68C #8C38A6

tetradic

#A68C38 #38A655 #3852A6 #A63889

square

#A68C38 #38A655 #3852A6 #A63889

split-complementary

#A68C38 #3889A6 #5538A6

monochromatic

#4A3F19 #786529 #A68C38 #C6AB55 #D5C283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A68C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A68C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68C38

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68C38	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ad73',
    500: '#a68c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68c38;
$custom-light: #c4ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64762,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68C38

secondary

#7B8BBF

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68C38

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

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