#A68E23#A68E23

#A68E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E23
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -2.11, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 56.02, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0121 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.123 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7037, 27.5758, 5.5586)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E23 #233BA6

analogous

#A64D23 #A68E23 #7CA623

triadic

#A68E23 #23A68E #8E23A6

tetradic

#A68E23 #23A64D #233BA6 #A6237C

square

#A68E23 #23A64D #233BA6 #A6237C

split-complementary

#A68E23 #237CA6 #4D23A6

monochromatic

#41380E #736318 #A68E23 #D4B632 #DFC865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A68E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A68E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E23

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E23	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9D8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae67',
    500: '#a68e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e23;
$custom-light: #c4ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65023,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E23

secondary

#6173C4

accent

#5FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E23

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

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