#A68E38#A68E38

#A68E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E38
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -1.04, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 47.67, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0066 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.108 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1140, 27.7399, 7.7195)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E38 #3850A6

analogous

#A65738 #A68E38 #87A638

triadic

#A68E38 #38A68E #8E38A6

tetradic

#A68E38 #38A657 #3850A6 #A63887

square

#A68E38 #38A657 #3850A6 #A63887

split-complementary

#A68E38 #3887A6 #5738A6

monochromatic

#4A4019 #786729 #A68E38 #C6AD55 #D5C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A68E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A68E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E38

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E38	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae73',
    500: '#a68e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e38;
$custom-light: #c4ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65189,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E38

secondary

#7B8ABF

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E38

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

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