#A68E45#A68E45

#A68E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.097 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68E45
RGB	rgb(166, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 58.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -0.12, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 41.59, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0023 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.097 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4742, 27.8840, 9.6167)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68E45 #455DA6

analogous

#A65D45 #A68E45 #8DA645

triadic

#A68E45 #45A68E #8E45A6

tetradic

#A68E45 #45A65D #455DA6 #A6458D

square

#A68E45 #45A65D #455DA6 #A6458D

split-complementary

#A68E45 #458DA6 #5D45A6

monochromatic

#504421 #7B6933 #A68E45 #C0AA68 #D2C393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A68E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A68E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68E45

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68E45	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.097 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae7b',
    500: '#a68e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68e45;
$custom-light: #c3ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68E45

secondary

#8996BE

accent

#75D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68E45

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

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