#A68E27#A68E27

#A68E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E27
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 76.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -1.94, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 54.62, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0112 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.12 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7665, 27.6009, 5.8894)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E27 #273FA6

analogous

#A64E27 #A68E27 #7FA627

triadic

#A68E27 #27A68E #8E27A6

tetradic

#A68E27 #27A64E #273FA6 #A6277F

square

#A68E27 #27A64E #273FA6 #A6277F

split-complementary

#A68E27 #277FA6 #4E27A6

monochromatic

#433910 #74641B #A68E27 #D1B43A #DCC76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A68E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A68E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E27

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae69',
    500: '#a68e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e27;
$custom-light: #c4ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E27

secondary

#6678C3

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E27

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

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