#A68E36#A68E36

#A68E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E36
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -1.17, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 48.56, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0072 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.11 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0660, 27.7207, 7.4670)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E36 #364EA6

analogous

#A65636 #A68E36 #86A636

triadic

#A68E36 #36A68E #8E36A6

tetradic

#A68E36 #36A656 #364EA6 #A63686

square

#A68E36 #36A656 #364EA6 #A63686

split-complementary

#A68E36 #3686A6 #5636A6

monochromatic

#4A3F18 #786627 #A68E36 #C7AE52 #D6C481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A68E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A68E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E36

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E36	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae72',
    500: '#a68e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e36;
$custom-light: #c4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E36

secondary

#7988BF

accent

#6CDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E36

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

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