#A68D40#A68D40

#A68D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.101 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68D40
RGB	rgb(166, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 0.05, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 43.68, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0024 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.101 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1774, 27.5283, 8.7842)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68D40 #4059A6

analogous

#A65A40 #A68D40 #8CA640

triadic

#A68D40 #40A68D #8D40A6

tetradic

#A68D40 #40A65A #4059A6 #A6408C

square

#A68D40 #40A65A #4059A6 #A6408C

split-complementary

#A68D40 #408CA6 #5A40A6

monochromatic

#4E421E #7A672F #A68D40 #C2AA61 #D3C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A68D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A68D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68D40

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68D40	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.101 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae78',
    500: '#a68d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68d40;
$custom-light: #c3ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68D40

secondary

#8492BE

accent

#73D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68D40

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

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