#A68D23#A68D23

#A68D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.122 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68D23
RGB	rgb(166, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -1.56, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 55.76, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0105 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.122 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5555, 27.2796, 5.5092)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68D23 #233CA6

analogous

#A64C23 #A68D23 #7DA623

triadic

#A68D23 #23A68D #8D23A6

tetradic

#A68D23 #23A64C #233CA6 #A6237D

square

#A68D23 #23A64C #233CA6 #A6237D

split-complementary

#A68D23 #237DA6 #4C23A6

monochromatic

#41370E #736218 #A68D23 #D4B532 #DFC765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A68D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A68D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68D23

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68D23	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.122 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae67',
    500: '#a68d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68d23;
$custom-light: #c4ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64808,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68D23

secondary

#6174C4

accent

#60E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68D23

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

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