#A68E2E#A68E2E

#A68E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E2E
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -1.61, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 51.93, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0095 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8934, 27.6517, 6.5577)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E2E #2E46A6

analogous

#A6522E #A68E2E #82A62E

triadic

#A68E2E #2EA68E #8E2EA6

tetradic

#A68E2E #2EA652 #2E46A6 #A62E82

square

#A68E2E #2EA652 #2E46A6 #A62E82

split-complementary

#A68E2E #2E82A6 #522EA6

monochromatic

#463C13 #766521 #A68E2E #CCB146 #D9C576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A68E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A68E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E2E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E2E	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae6d',
    500: '#a68e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e2e;
$custom-light: #c4ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65099,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E2E

secondary

#6F7FC1

accent

#66E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E2E

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

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