#A68E31#A68E31

#A68E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E31
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -1.45, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 50.70, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0087 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.114 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9546, 27.6762, 6.8801)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E31 #3149A6

analogous

#A65331 #A68E31 #84A631

triadic

#A68E31 #31A68E #8E31A6

tetradic

#A68E31 #31A653 #3149A6 #A63184

square

#A68E31 #31A653 #3149A6 #A63184

split-complementary

#A68E31 #3184A6 #5331A6

monochromatic

#473D15 #776623 #A68E31 #CAB04A #D8C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A68E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A68E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E31

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E31	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9D8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae6f',
    500: '#a68e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e31;
$custom-light: #c4ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E31

secondary

#7383C0

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E31

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

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