#A68E24#A68E24

#A68E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E24
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 78.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -2.07, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 55.68, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0118 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7187, 27.5818, 5.6379)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E24 #243CA6

analogous

#A64D24 #A68E24 #7DA624

triadic

#A68E24 #24A68E #8E24A6

tetradic

#A68E24 #24A64D #243CA6 #A6247D

square

#A68E24 #24A64D #243CA6 #A6247D

split-complementary

#A68E24 #247DA6 #4D24A6

monochromatic

#41380E #746319 #A68E24 #D3B634 #DEC866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A68E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A68E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E24

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E24	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae68',
    500: '#a68e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e24;
$custom-light: #c4ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65029,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E24

secondary

#6274C4

accent

#5FE740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E24

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

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