#A68D27#A68D27

#A68D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68D27
RGB	rgb(166, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -1.40, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 54.34, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0096 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6184, 27.3047, 5.8400)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68D27 #2740A6

analogous

#A64D27 #A68D27 #7FA627

triadic

#A68D27 #27A68D #8D27A6

tetradic

#A68D27 #27A64D #2740A6 #A6277F

square

#A68D27 #27A64D #2740A6 #A6277F

split-complementary

#A68D27 #277FA6 #4D27A6

monochromatic

#433910 #74631B #A68D27 #D1B33A #DCC66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A68D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A68D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68D27

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68D27	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae69',
    500: '#a68d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68d27;
$custom-light: #c4ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64834,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68D27

secondary

#6678C3

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68D27

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

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